Mangaluru: IIID Mangalore regional center donates essentials, PPEs to govt hospitals
Mangaluru: The Mangalore regional center (MRC) of The Institute of Indian Interior Designers (IIID) donated essential emergency medical and surgical equipment across major hospitals in Mangalore on Monday, 4th May 2020, as a part of their social outreach program. This was done as a necessary step towards making hospitals better equipped in the pandemic situation..
The donation campaign was spearheaded by the IIID MRC Executive Committee Members – Ar. Mohammed Nissar (Chairperson), Ar. Anil Pai (Hon. Secretary), Ar. Sharun S. Anchan (Hon. Treasurer), Ar. Sonal Shetty Rao (Committee Member), Mr. Yusuf Miraj (Committee Member) and Ar. Ramnath Nayak (Committee Member). The fundraising drive was held within the architecture and inter design fraternity so that the donation was done on behalf of the design community.
The donation were handed to Wenlock Hospital and Govt. Lady Goschen Hospital in Mangalore in coordination with Dr Sadashiva (DMO Wenlock Hospital), Dr Jacintha (CMO Wenlock Hospital), Dr Thajuddeen (Physician & Team A leader, Wenlock Hospital) and Dr. Savitha B.S. (Medical Superintendent, Govt. Lady Goschen Hospital) The essential medical and surgical equipment were as per the requirement for the recent COVID 19 outbreak and comprised of high grade N95 masks, PPE kits and an innovative hand sanitizer dispenser unit. The innovative hand sanitizer dispenser is high-grade stainless-steel unit which dispenses hand sanitizer without the use of hands, making it one of the safest and much needed equipment in such pandemic. This unit was designed and developed by the Indian Design School (IDS) and sponsored by the AK Group. IDS has been involved in other contributions to the society during the lockdown.
The doctors and administrative staff of these hospitals praised the gesture of IIID MRC calling it “a noble gesture in the hour of crisis for providing the much-needed equipment.” The entire donation campaign was held confidentially, without attracting any attention of the people or the media. The IIID MRC is planning on ways for contributing more for the betterment of the society.
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Hospital wall collapse: CM orders suspension of executive engineer; kin of victims get solatium
Bengaluru (PTI): Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday ordered the immediate suspension of an executive engineer for the Bowring and Lady Curzon Hospital wall collapse that claimed the lives of seven people, during a high-level review meeting at Vidhana Soudha.
A compensation of Rs 5 lakh, as announced by the CM Siddaramaiah, was distributed to the families of seven victims who lost their lives in the tragedy on Wednesday evening, which occurred due to heavy downpour with gusty winds and hailstorm.
The meeting of municipal commissioners of the five corporations, chaired by the chief minister and attended by Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar, focused on fixing accountability and examining lapses that led to the tragedy.
"Why was soil dumped in a way that damaged the wall? Why did you not monitor this?" Siddaramaiah asked, pulling up hospital authorities during the meeting.
A statement from the chief minister's office said that the CM ordered the immediate suspension of the executive engineer of the Karnataka Health Systems Development Project (KHSDP).
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He also questioned the hospital authorities, asking why they failed to monitor the dumping of soil that weakened the structure.
The chief minister directed that a notice be issued to the head of the Hospital.
During the meeting, Siddaramaiah said the rains had caused extensive damage in the city, with over 250 trees uprooted.
The Chief Minister instructed officials to take necessary measures before the onset of the monsoon to avoid untoward incidents.
Commissioners of all five municipal zones in Bengaluru have been asked to take precautionary steps, including trimming dry and dangerous tree branches, the CMO said.
Siddaramaiah also directed them to get the silt cleared from stormwater drains to prevent flooding, and that immediate action be taken to remove debris and fallen branches from roads.
Further, he instructed that barricades be placed at underpasses where water stagnates and restricts public movement.
The Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) Chief Commissioner M Maheshwar Rao said in a statement that Shivajinagar MLA Rizwan Arshad distributed compensation cheques of Rs 5 lakh each to the families of the deceased on Thursday.
Seven people, including a six-year-old girl, were killed and seven others injured when the compound wall collapsed amid heavy rain, strong winds and a hailstorm on Wednesday evening.
Police said the victims, comprising three from Bengaluru, two from Kerala on a study tour and one each from Uttar Pradesh and Assam, had taken shelter near the wall when it suddenly gave way, trapping them under the debris.
The chief minister questioned officials over the dumping of soil near the wall despite knowing it could weaken the structure, and directed that a notice be issued to the head of Bowring Hospital.
Siddaramaiah, who had visited the spot soon after the incident along with senior officials, reviewed the situation and ordered a detailed probe into the collapse.
