BIMS director leave approved
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The State government has made some changes in the Belagavi Institute of Medical Sciences (BIMS), after an inspection by Deputy Chief Minister Laxman Savadi on Monday.
Mr. Savadi complained of negligence by doctors and staff and other problems in the hospital attached to the government medical college. He said that the hospital was worse than a cow shed and expressed helplessness about it. He said that most of COVID-19 deaths in the district had occurred in BIMS. He accused doctors and staff of negligence that he said had caused the deaths.
As many as 127 children 69 boys and 58 girls under 18 have tested positive for COVID-19 in Belagavi district. This was revealed by officers at a virtual meeting with Deputy Chief Minister and dist
Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa has announced that he will visit Belagavi to inspect how officers are handling the epidemic. This is in reaction to complaints from MLAs from Belagavi that the epidemic
Oxygen supply not affected
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There was no scarcity of oxygen in Belagavi district on Monday, as officers had created buffer stocks well in advance.
The government alerted all government and private hospitals that there will be scarcity up to 20% in the State due to some technical problems in oxygen production units in Ballari. Officers made arrangements accordingly.
“We have enough buffer stocks to handle emergencies,” said Assistant Drug Controller Raghuram Nidavanda.
“Praxair, a private unit, is supply oxygen to major hospitals, including Belagavi Institute of Medical Science, KLE and Lake View. BIMS has its own liquid oxygen plant and there are enough stocks. There is also MSPL that is producing oxygen locally,’’ he said.
A group of NGOs has urged the State government to reconsider its order of stopping cylinder allotment to NGOs that were providing them to COVID-19 patients in home isolation or those in COVID care cen