Putturu : An Asha worker was allegedly assaulted by the wife of a Covid-19 infected person at Kutrupady village in Kadaba taluk. Rajeevi B S was assaulted with a broom by the wife of an infected person on December 21. Dakshina Kannada District Health Officer (DHO) Dr Ramachandra Bairy said that a case was registered […]

Kasargod : In an car accident, a health officer lost his life and six others including a doctor suffered injuries at Nileshwar Karuvachery curve on Friday afternoon. The deceased has been identified as Paul Gletto L Meroki (49) resident of Thrissur and he was a  health inspector at Bedadka taluk hospital. It is said,   The car had hit a […]

Udupi:  A member of Udupi City Municipal Council, allegedly assaulted a duty health officer on Tuesday. Yogish Vadambandeshwara, a member of Udupi City Municipal Council, allegedly assaulted Prasanna, a health inspector of Udupi CMC after he got into an argument with the Prasanna about some unsolved issues, informed sources. Following the attack Prassanna was immediatly admitted […]

Mangaluru : Mayor Kavitha Sanil anwered 25 grievances in 28 calls and assured the callers of necessary actions that will be taken to rectify their problems on Tuesday. Collection of solid waste from people’s doorsteps not happening properly in Aadu Maroli and Tarethota areas in the city and some homes in Mary Hill not getting […]

Mangaluru : A five-member committee headed by District Health Officer Ramakrishna Rao has been set up to inquire into seven maternal deaths reported in Dakshina Kannada since January. Mr. Rao has been asked to convey to his Udupi counterpart to conduct an inquiry into the death of a woman from Mangaluru at a private hospital […]

Mangaluru : An eight-member committee headed by Renni D’Souza, State convener of Campaign Against Child Labour, has been set up to work out the criteria and modalities to be followed for declaring Dakshina Kannada a child labour-free district. At a meeting chaired by Deputy Commissioner A.B. Ibrahim and Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat Chief Executive Officer […]

Mangalore : Mayor Mahabala Maarla said that Health Officer Dr Manjaiah Shetty, has been directed to present complete details on the population of stray dogs in the city, sterilization measures etc in tge next MCC meet, to be held on August 12. Speaking at the special meet held at his office on August 8, Friday […]

Mangalore : A huge Malaria and Dengue Awareness campaign will be held   in  the city of Mangalore from June 10 to 18. As part of the programme around 600 students of 21 nursing colleges in Mangalore, will pay a door-to-door visit to houses in all wards of Mangalore and enlighten public on the symptoms of […]

Mangalore:The five-day training programme on Incident Response System (IRS) for officials  of various departments in and around DK district concluded on November 8, Friday. The programme was jointly organised  by the National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM), New Delhi. Nearly 34 officials from various departments like Fire, Health Department, Home Guards, Food and Civil Supplies, […]

Mangalore: A meeting to discuss the rehabilitation of Endosulfan victims was held at the DC office on October 9 under the presidentship of Deputy Commissioner Dr Channappa Gowda. Following the meeting, District Health Officer Dr OR Srirangappa said a survey already conducted by the district administration has identified 77 villages in Belthangady, Puttur Sullia and […]