“It is absolutely correct that some labs across the country are reaching or near capacity,” Giroir said Wednesday.
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735 new COVID-19 patients reported in Bengaluru, more than 1,000 in Karnataka
Of the new cases reported in Karnataka, 822 have no known contact history yet.
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Karnataka reported 1,272 new coronavirus patients on Wednesday, taking the total number of active cases in the state to 8,194. Karnataka has reported 16,514 cases of coronavirus till date. 822 of the new cases reported have no known contact history at the time of reporting the bulletin, and contact tracing for them is underway. 145 people were discharged after they recovered from COVID-19, taking the number of recoveries in the state to 8,063. Bengaluru reported 735 new cases of coronavirus on Wednesday. This takes the total active cases in the Karnataka capital to 5,290. The city administration is currently trying to arrange more beds as the number of coronavirus patients being reported has been increasing. Even then, many reports of critically ill patients, suspected of having COVID-19 but being turned away from hospitals, have been reported in the city. Read: Turned away by 18 hospitals in Bengaluru, 52-year-old man with breathlessness dies Other than Bengaluru no other district reported more than 100 cases. Ballari (85), Dakshina Kannada (84), Dharwad (35) are the other districts which reported more than 30 cases on Wednesday. Bengaluru Rural reported 29 COVID-19 patients. Vijayapara and Hassan reported 28 cases each while Uttara Kannada reported 23 cases. Udupi (22), Chamrajanagara (21) and Bagalkote (20) are the other districts which reported more than 20 cases. All other districts reported 20 or less than 20 cases for the day. A total of 292 patients in the state are being treated in intensive care units (ICU), including 191 from Bengaluru. Dharwad is treating 16 patients in ICUs, and Kalaburagi, 13. Other districts reported less than 10 patients in ICUs, except Ballari which has 11 patients in the ICU. Karnataka has also reported seven COVID-19 deaths on Wednesday. All but one person from Bengaluru were reported to be male patients. Two deaths have been reported from Bengaluru; both of the deceased were 50 years old. Bidar has also reported two people’s deaths in the district, both of whom had returned from Telangana. Meanwhile, Hassan, Dakshina Kannada and Belagavi reported one death each in the district. All patients whose deaths were reported on Wednesday passed away either on June 30 or July 1. Read: Karnataka mulls home isolation for asymptomatic COVID-19 patients
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COVID-19 victims to be buried in designated land on Bengaluru outskirts
Two acres of land will be identified for this purpose on the outskirts, Karnataka Health Minister B Sriramulu said on Wednesday.
Bodies of COVID-19 victims will not be laid to rest in burial grounds in Bengaluru city and a separate place will be earmarked on the outskirts in the backdrop of safety concerns raised by the public, Karnataka Health Minister B Sriramulu said on Wednesday. Two acres of land will be identified for this purpose on the outskirts, he said and warned against unscientific disposal of used Personal Protection Equipment kits worn by the kin of the dead for the final rites, referring to reports about such instances. "A news report form Bengaluru said that after last rites, the kits have been thrown there itself and due to wind it has come near houses nearby, creating panic among the residents," he said. In some places, people have also expressed concern over bodies of those who died of the coronavirus being buried in their neighbourhood. Speaking to reporters in Chikkaballapura town, Sriramulu said, taking note of it, he had spoken to the Assistant Chief Secretary about issuing a government order to ensure COVID-19 positive dead were not laid to rest at burial grounds in the city. Two acres of land will be identified on the outskirts of the city for such burials. "I will issue an order in this regard," he said. Later in a tweet, the Minister warned against discarding PPE kits anywhere after use and said they should be disposed of by following the procedure. "Strict action will be taken against such people. Because of someone's neglect, common people's lives should not be at risk. Concerned officials will be held responsible," he said. This development incidentally comes after a viral video had emerged from Ballari, the minister’s home district citing mass burial and officials throwing off the mortal remains of the deceased COVID-19 patients into the burial pits with disregard. The incident has led to the Deputy Commissioner to launch a probe led by the Additional DC.
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Karnataka mulls home isolation for asymptomatic COVID-19 patients
This comes after a meeting between CM Yediyurappa and other medical experts and senior administrative staff in the state.
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The Karnataka government is deliberating home isolation as opposed to hospitalisation for asymptomatic and mildly symptomatic patients of COVID-19. This development comes after the Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Wednesday held a meeting with Dr CN Manjunath, Karnataka nodal officer for testing of COVID-19, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike Commissioner BH Anil Kumar, and other medical experts in public and private sector as well as senior administrative staff. An official from the CM’s office told TNM, “Most of the experts opined that treating asymptomatic and mildly symptomatic patients in home isolation would be appropriate as it would lessen the burden on hospitals. They advised us to focus on treating people with serious symptoms and comorbidities at hospitals.” The CM’s office also said that experts suggested that instead of hospitalisation, these low-risk patients should be treated with telemedicine. There should be effective usage of Tele ICU (Intensive Care Unit) and regular online training about treatment protocols, they said. However, the Health Department will issue Standard Operating Procedures before issuing a circular or order to this effect, sources said. Doctors at the meeting also emphasised on the need to increase the doubling rate of COVID-19 patients in the state, strict enforcement of precautionary measures in closed places where there is close contact, and in crowded areas. It was also decided at the meeting that staff strength at field level must be enhanced for contact tracing and services of other departments may be used. Incidentally, the COVID-19 state bulletin issued on Tuesday said that all the nearly 500 COVID-19 patients reported that day in Bengaluru were “under contact tracing”. Following the meeting, the Health Department was also instructed to arrange for an uninterrupted supply chain for oxygen as well as necessary drugs for effective treatment of COVID-19 patients. The national capital of Delhi along with some other states have already started home isolation for asymptomatic patients.
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IMD predicts rain in coastal Karnataka till July 5: Orange alert in Uttara Kannada
The coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Uttara Kannada are expected to receive light to moderate rainfall till July 5.
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Monsoon in Karnataka is well underway as we enter the month of July, and the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has released a bulletin noting that certain parts of the state will experience rainfall over the next five days. The IMD noted that there is a trough in the east Arabian sea, along the Maharashtra, Karnataka and Kerala coasts, which will result in coastal districts in Karnataka to receive light to moderate rainfall till July 5. Following a yellow alert on Monday in three districts in the state, CS Patil, Director of IMD, Bengaluru, said in a video bulletin that there is an orange alert for heavy rains in Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka till July 5. Orange alert means that officials are expected to be prepared for heavy to very heavy rainfall, for possible flooding. In three coastal districts - Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Uttara Kannada – heavy rains are predicted for July 3. Rainfall occurred at most places in coastal Karnataka, a few places in north interior Karnataka and at isolated places over south interior Karnataka on Tuesday. One IMD station in Uttara Kannada – Khadar – reported heavy rainfall. According to the IMD release, rain and thunderstorms are very likely over most places in coastal Karnataka over the next five days, and at many places in north interior and south interior parts of the state as well. IMD has also issued a thunderstorm as well as heavy rainfall warning for the next 24 hours over isolated places in coastal Karnataka. However, the IMD bulletin also said that southwest monsoon had been weak so far in the state.
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9 Bengaluru hospitals served notice for turning away patient with COVID-19 symptoms
The 52-year-old man succumbed to his illness on Sunday, after he was denied timely medical attention by several hospitals in the city.
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The Karnataka government on Wednesday issued show cause notices to nine hospitals in Bengaluru including big names in private medical healthcare— like Fortis and Manipal— over the death of a patient who was denied timely medical care recently. The state government had already issued orders stating that no patient having COVID-19 or exhibiting coronavirus symptoms can be denied treatment. As widely reported, the 52-year-old man had succumbed to his illness on Sunday, after he was denied timely medical attention by several hospitals in the city. He was suffering from breathlessness for a 24-hour period. In the show cause notice issued by Pankaj Kumar Pandey, Commissioner, Family of Health and Family Welfare Department, it has been said, “The [patient], aged 52 years is succumbed due to denial of admission by 18 private hospitals contacted by the said patient.” The hospitals which have been served notices are: Fortis Hospital in Cunningham Road, Mahaveer Jain Hospital in Vasanth Nagar, Suguna Hospital in Rajajinagar, Manipal Hospital, Brindavan Hospital, Rangadore Hospital, Vikram Hospital, Sakara Hospital and Bowring Hospital. Speaking to TNM, family members had alleged that he was denied access to medical care by 18 private hospitals in the city whom they had approached. He was finally admitted by Bowring Hospital. The notice takes cognisance of a detailed news article published by the Times of India on June 30. “His son and his nephew have stated that the patient was taken to these hospitals on Saturday and Sunday for admission on observing some ILI (influenza like illness) symptoms. But none of these hospitals have not admitted in on the pretext of unavailability of bed/ventilators. This is a clear violation of providing medical assistance and admission necessitated under the agreed provision of KPME Registration. They should strictly adhere to the provisions under Sections 11 & 110 of KPME Act 2017. Private Medical Establishments cannot deny / refuse / avoid treatment to patients with Covid-19 and Covid-19 like symptoms,” said the notice. “By denying the admission to the deceased patient, your hospitals have violated the provisions of the above said act. You are liable for legal action in this regard. Therefore, you are required to reply to the show cause within 24 hrs as to why action should not be initiated against you under the provisions of KPME Act and State Disaster Management Act,” the notice added. Speaking to TNM, the nephew of the patient had said that in addition to the 18 hospitals that they drove him to in an ambulance, he contacted 32 other hospitals who all denied admission. Even designated private hospitals for COVID-19 treatment declined to admit him, his nephew told TNM. TNM could not reach a relevant Health Department official on why only nine hospitals were issued notice.
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K’taka Min R Ashoka in isolation after doctor he met tests positive for coronavirus
Chief Minister Yediyurappa who came in contact with the minister has also submitted his samples for a test
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Karnataka Revenue Minister R Ashoka has gone into isolation after a doctor at Victoria Hospital, where the minister had gone for a routine inspection, tested positive for coronavirus. R Ashoka is the primary contact of the unnamed doctor who tested positive. The minister had met him while he had gone to visit Victoria hospital in the last week of June for inspection while the doctor was on duty at the time. Bangalore Mirror reported that the minister has gone into isolation along with several of his staff, who have been in close contact with the minister. Meanwhile, Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa has also submitted his samples for a test since he had met the minister following R Ashoka’s visit to the hospital. Several other healthcare professionals have been infected at Victoria Hospital, which is Bengaluru’s primary hospital for serious coronavirus patients. It was previously reported that nearly a dozen nurses and doctors from Victoria hospital have tested positive for coronavirus. R Ashoka had been appointed as the COVID-19 minister in-charge after Medical Education Minister K Sudhakar went into quarantine after his family members tested positive for coronavirus. K Sudhakar has now resumed his duties in the government since Tuesday, June 30, as his test results came back as negative. TNM had previously reported that three of Sudhakar’s family members tested positive for coronavirus following contact with their household staff who had gotten infected. It may be recalled that the unscheduled hospital visit had ruffled some feathers in the Karnataka government. The power struggle within the BJP is also something that the Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa has been trying to manage, first by giving charge of Bengaluru’s COVID-19 battle to Dr K Sudhakar. This charge was then handed over to Karnataka Health minister B Sriramulu, who had also expressed unhappiness at R Ashoka taking charge of Bengaluru’s COVID-19 fight while K Sudhakar was away.
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