oxygen manufacturing plants in the state supply oxygen only to the State.
The CM told the media on Tuesday after an emergency Cabinet meeting to take stock of the
Covid situation that to tide over the shortage of oxygen, one of the proposals was to procure all the oxygen manufactured in the State to meet the growing demands of the hospitals. “I have already discussed the issue and am hoping for a favourable reply soon,” Yediyurappa said. The State Cabinet has also approved a decision to procure 5 lakh Remdesivir doses and 1 lakh oxygen concentrators from abroad. The State is also mulling over a plan to supply kits to every home isolated patient.
KIMS gets 570 beds under CSR
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A total of 570 beds have been given to Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) in Hubballi by various companies and a foundation under Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative.
Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Coal and Mines Pralhad Joshi and Minister for Large and Medium Industries Jagadish Shettar formally handed over the beds to KIMS authorities on Sunday. Under CSR initiative, Swarna Group of Companies, Tata Hitachi, Tata Marcopolo and Deshpande Foundation have donated 570 beds.
Mr. Pralhad Joshi said that the make-shift hospital planned on KIMS premises for COVID-19 patients was being built by Vedanta Group and the 100-bed air-conditioned hospital with 20 ventilators and 10 ICU beds and 70 oxygen beds will be ready in the next 10 days.
Get 2,000 beds with oxygen ready, Minister tells officials
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Emphasising the need to make preparations in advance to face the second wave, Minister for Large and Medium Industries Jagadish Shettar has asked officials to get 2,000 beds with oxygen facility ready in the district.
Speaking to presspersons after holding a COVID-19 review meeting with district-level officials at KIMS administrative block in Hubballi on Friday, Mr. Shettar said that as a precautionary measure, 1,000 beds with oxygen facility would be kept ready at KIMS Hospital in Hubballi, 500 beds in SDM Hospital in Dharwad and another 500 beds in other private hospitals.
Kidney transplantation centre inauguration at KIMS today
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President of Rotary Club of Hubli Surendra Porwal, nephrologist Venkatesh Moger addressing presspersons in Hubballi on Wednesday.
Rotary Club of Hubballi has helped Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) and Hospital set up a Rotary Kidney Transplant and Dialysis Centre through donation of medical equipment worth ₹40 lakh. The formal inauguration is scheduled to take place on Friday.
Addressing presspersons in Hubballi on Wednesday, president of the club Surendra Porwal, International Service Director Arvind Kubsad and secretary Jitesh Panchal gave details of the project. They said that the centre has come up on third floor of the PMSSY Super Speciality Hospital Block of KIMS. And, an operation theatre has come up on fifth floor of the same building, they added.