Mangaluru: Kanachur Institute of Medical Sciences launches tele-consultation services for patients

Vartha Bharati | 30-03-2020 | 16:11:00 IST

Mangaluru: In order to control the spreading of the COVID-19 after declaring lockdown in the country in our district several hospitals have suspended OPD services. In view of this several patients are in trouble without timely personal consultations of doctors and without getting  proper medicinal advice. Realizing this fact Kanachur Institute of Medical Sciences, Natekal, has started online tele-consultation service in the constituent Kanachur Hospital & Research Centre.

 Under this service people can contact the doctors sitting in their home. The doctors will give tele-consultation and medical advice for their health problems through WhatsApp.  As per the Kanachur Hospital announcement for this purpose the specialist doctors of nine departments will give their tele-consultation from 9.00AM to 4.00PM.

Other than this the people who are not having the social media service (WhatsApp) from rural areas they can directly contact the concerned department specialists  over phone by informing the disease details and obtain advices from the doctors through the hospital landline number 0824-2888000. The limit of the phone call is 10 minutes and the patients are requested to give appropriate information so that they can obtain consultation from the doctors.

And also so as to avoid the spreading of the disease the hospital has opened fever clinic for the welfare of the patients, which will be open from 9.00AM to 4.00PM on all working days in the entrance of the hospital.

As usual the Emergency Medicine, ICU, OBG and Paediatrics Departments with the specialised doctors will be available round the clock 24/7.

Patients are requested to provide their details through the watsapp number as mentioned in the table below along with their name, age, sex, weight and disease details along with the details of the previous prescription without fail. After verifying all these details the concerned doctors will call the patients or inform the suitable medicine in a prescription slip with the doctors (Registration No.) and whatsApp the same. After that they can purchase the prescribed medicine in the nearby medicals.

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Sena (UBT)-MNS alliance announcement for civic polls likely next week

19-12-2025 ¦ 19-12-2025 IST

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Mumbai (PTI): The Shiv Sena (UBT) and the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) are likely to announce next week their alliance for the upcoming municipal corporation elections in Maharashtra, with seat-sharing for all the civic bodies, except Mumbai, almost complete, leaders of both the parties said.

Elections to 29 municipal corporations in Maharashtra, including the all-important Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), will be held on January 15, and the counting of votes will take place the next day.

The Shiv Sena (UBT) and the MNS will forge an alliance for the polls in municipal corporations of Mumbai, Thane, Mira-Bhayandar, Kalyan-Dombivli, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Pune and Nashik, among others.

The Sena (UBT) is headed by former chief minister Uddhav Thackeray, while his once-estranged cousin Raj is the president of the MNS.

"Talks for all civic bodies, except Mumbai, are complete. The sticking point is about the seats that we are demanding in Marathi-dominated areas. The Shiv Sena (UBT) is not still not agreeing to it which has delayed the seat-sharing. But the talks have to be over soon since the date of filing nominations starts next week (December 23 to December 30)," an MNS leader said.

Talking to reporters, MNS leader and former MLA Nitin Sardesai said, "It is appropriate to say that the talks are in final stages but it is difficult to say when it will be officially announced. I can only say that all sides are putting efforts to complete the talks and they are working towards it."

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Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Anil Parab met Raj Thackeray to discuss seat-sharing.

A Sena (UBT) leader said talks are in final stages and there is no hurdle in the seat-sharing agreement.

"The two brothers are expected to officially announce the alliance between the two parties on Monday in a public event or through a press conference that will set the tone for the civic body polls," he said.

Raj Thackeray quit the undivided Shiv Sena blaming Uddhav for his exit in 2005 and floated the MNS in 2006. They had been political rivals since then.

However, after the drubbing of their parties in the Maharashtra assembly polls in 2024 - the Sena (UBT) won 20 seats, while MNS drew a blank - both leaders decided to put behind their political acrimony and find a common ground for survival.

Over the past few months, the two cousins shared the stage or were spotted at public forums together multiple times for various reasons.

The cousins publicly ended their two-decade-long estrangement in July, where they addressed a joint rally. At the event, Uddhav said they have come together to stay together.