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File pic of Shashikala, junior nursing officer, the vaccinator at Wenlock District Hospital, Mangaluru.
MANGALURU: The health department in Dakshina Kannada district will intensify the Covid-19 vaccination drive by increasing the number of centres from Friday.
The Covid-19 vaccination drive was arranged at 27 session sites on Thursday with a target to reach out to 2,459 beneficiaries from the healthcare sector. However, 1,511 persons (61.4%) received the first shot of Covishield.
The day saw 274 healthcare workers including doctors, nurses and other staff from KS Hegde Medical Academy getting the vaccine. Further, 236 staff from AJ Hospital, 220 from Father Muller Charitable Hospital, 190 from KVG Medical College, Sullia and 154 from KMC Attavar also received the vaccine.
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Mahabhala Shetty, professor, Department of Forensic Science, K.S. Hegde Medical Academy, at an event in Mangaluru on Tuesday.
Asking police not to criminalise first-time drug consumers, Mahabhala Shetty, professor, Department of Forensic Science, K.S. Hegde Medical Academy, said on Monday that arresting drug users on the first instance will lead to them turning into addicts.
Speaking at the anti-drug drive programme held at the office of the Police Commissioner, Mr. Shetty said consuming narcotic drugs is a disease. On the first instance of drugs consumption, the consumer should be sent to rehabilitation centre where the disease can be treated.