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Following the State government’s announcement of a special package to the financially weaker sections hit by the COVID-19 lockdown, Koppal Deputy Commissioner Vikas Kishor Suralkar directed officers c ....
Minister Savadi flags off oxygen bus services in Koppal Updated: Updated: Share Article Deputy Chief Minister Laxman Savadi speaking to the press in Koppal on Monday.
Deputy Chief Minister Laxman Savadi, who also holds the Transport portfolio, flagged off oxygen bus services for COVID-19 patients in Koppal on Monday. “The idea of oxygen bus service is conceived to provide oxygen to patients in need. Buses that have to be scrapped after they have completed 9 lakh km of running are being converted into oxygen buses. When hospitals run out of oxygen beds due to a heavy rush of patients, these buses will serve as mobile hospitals with oxygen facility. An oxygen bus can house five oxygen beds and a ventilator. A doctor and a nursing staff will also be available on the bus,” Mr. Savadi said, after inaugurating the service. ....
Updated: Share Article AAA Taking note of the increasing cases of black fungus infection and the expensive treatment involved, Deputy Chief Minister Laxman Savadi has said that the government was thinking of offering free treatment to patients from economically weaker sections of society. “The treatment includes 45 injections and 45 days of hospitalisation. It requires a lot of money and poorer sections of society cannot afford it. We are thinking of offering free treatment to poor patients and we will shortly take a decision after discussing it with Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa,” he said, during his interaction with mediapersons in Koppal on Monday. ....
Updated: Share Article AAA In a swift action, Regional Commissioner (Kalaburagi Division) and Secretary of Kalyana Karnataka Region Development Board (KKRDB) N.V. Prasad accepted an action plan submitted by Koppal Deputy Commissioner Vikas Kishor Suralkar under the macro plan for handling the pandemic in the district and ordered for the release of ₹22.51 crore on Thursday. The action plan included the installation of three liquid medical oxygen tankers with 13 kl, 3 kl and 2 kl capacities, the establishment of oxygen generation plant, procurement of oxygen cylinders, oxygen concentrators, ALS and BLS ambulances, 32 slice CT Scan machine, 100 K mobile X-ray, cell counter, defibrillator bi-phasic, air purifiers for laboratories and wards, ultraviolet GI lights for out-patient department corridors and laboratories. ....