Pulse of the Public
Pulse of the Public
Health & Hospitals news and updates from Dakshina Kannada district.
Shamik Rai, a 20-year-old degree student from Kunjurupanja in Aryapu village, collapsed and died while exercising at a gym in Puttur. The Puttur Town Police have registered a case regarding the incident.
Sustained source-reduction drives and surveillance have brought dengue numbers down in Dakshina Kannada, the district health department says.
Mangaluru's Wenlock district hospital has urged referring hospitals to verify ICU bed availability first, citing mounting pressure on its intensive care units.
Unity College of Physiotherapy opened its new outpatient department (OPD) at its Dambel Road campus in Mangaluru to provide accessible rehabilitation services to local residents.
A 16-year-old girl achieved a remarkable recovery at KMC Hospital in Mangaluru after spending eight days on ECMO life support following severe complications and cardiac arrest from a burst appendix emergency surgery.
Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao announced Wenlock's upgrade into a regional multi-speciality hospital with a new OPD block costing about Rs 70 crore.