BENGALURU: Even while the state government prepares to roll out the Covid-19 vaccine to senior citizens and those in the 45-59 years age group with co.
Officials say they do not plan to dispense vaccines daily from central storage units. Hospitals will be given doses based on registrations
BENGALURU: While private hospitals are gearing up to join the nationwide inoculation drive under Phase 2 of the Covid-19 vaccination programmed from Monday, they are still awaiting delivery of vaccines. The government is also yet to commit on the number of doses each hospital will receive.
The government has said a list of empanelled hospitals will begin vaccinating those above 60 years of age and people above 45 years with specific comorbid conditions. “So far, no vaccines have been delivered to hospitals, but we are expecting them to arrive tomorrow (Monday),” said Dr HM Prasanna, president, Private Hospitals and Nursing Homes Association (PHANA). “It is not yet clear how many doses will be supplied to each hospital.”
MYSURU: Several daycare centres that closed when the pandemic-induced lockdown was imposed in March last year, have reopened in Mysuru city, albeit with limited service.
The government, though, has not permitted these centres to reopen, but the fact that many have has come as a relief to young working couples, who have no one to attend to their children. The state women and child welfare department has also reopened anganwadis as per a court order with just five pupils per session.
Harini Narayan, a private bank employee from the Srirampura II Stage and a mother of a 4-year-old boy, said all these days, taking care of her child was a challenge as schools were shut and maids were not available for the whole day. “But now, a woman who was running a daycare centre has resumed service. I need to adjust timings only for lunch.”
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BENGALURU: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), set up five years ago by the Congress government by hiving it off from the institution of Lokayukta, has been successful in getting conviction in just four of 1,445 cases, raising questions about the speed with which it handles graft in public offices.
Since 2016, the ACB has registered cases against 186 government staff on charges of amassing wealth disproportionate to known sources of income and bribery cases against 957 government employees. Of these cases, the accused in four cases have been convicted, as per information sourced by the Karnataka Rashtra Samithi which is fighting corruption in government offices.
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MANDYA: A sweeper with the Maddur town municipality hanged himself on Tuesday, three months after he was allegedly forced to get into a manhole and clean it with his hands. In a note he left behind, Narayana, 37, blamed top officials for harassing him to declare that he had voluntarily gone without safety gear.
Sources said on November 2, Narayana was forced to clean a manhole and he was being hounded since as the incident made headlines.
Mandya sweeper’s pay was withheld, say colleagues
Sources said municipal officials forced Narayana to clean a manhole without gloves, mask or any cleaning equipment. The incident made media headlines and an inquiry was ordered against the officials and CMC president Sureshkumar. As word of the manual scavenging got around, the officials came under flak and reportedly harassed Narayana to own up the lapse, and say that he voluntarily got into the manhole without any protection.