Mangaluru: KS Hegde Hospital launches 'Telemedicine' for doctor's consultation through WhatsApp
Mangaluru: Owing to the country-wide lockdown announced by PM Modi to cap the spread of deadly Corona Virus in the country almost all the hospitals in the city have halted their OPD services which has resulted in inconveniences to several patients who are unable to show up to the doctors for consultations.
In these times of distress, the KS Hegde hospital, located at Derlakatte in the city, on Saturday launched the Telemedicine service which will enable people to consult doctors and get medical advices through WhatsApp.
In a press statement issued by the hospital, it confirmed that the doctors will be available for consultation between 10:00 am – 6:00 pm wherein they will provide medical advice and will also issue medicinal prescription through WhatsApp through which the patient will be able to get the medicine from any local medical stores.
People can contact the below numbers accordingly and get their consultation done.
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ICSE, ISC results: Girls outperform boys, pass rate over 99%
New Delhi (PTI): The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations on Thursday announced the Class 10 and Class 12 results for 2026, with overall pass percentages of 99.18 per cent and 99.13 per cent, respectively.
A total of 2,58,721 candidates appeared for the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE), or Class 10, examination.
About 1,03,316 students took the Indian School Certificate (ISC), or Class 12, exam.
Girls outperformed boys in both examinations.
In ICSE, girls recorded a pass percentage of 99.46 per cent compared to 98.93 per cent for boys.
In ISC, girls achieved a 99.48 per cent pass percentage, while those of boys stood at 98.81 per cent.
Students can now access their scorecards on the official website cisce.org.
