Mangaluru: A youth from Bhatkal who was suffering from COVID-19 said he was treated received good treatment at Wenlock Hospital.

The Bhatkal youth, who was the first COVID-19 patient in the district, returned home early Monday morning after recovery.

He was admitted to an Isolation Ward at Wenlock Hospital when he had developed coronavirus symptoms after ruturning from abroad on March 19. He was then tested positive to COVID-19 on March 22.

After the treatment at Wenlock Hospital, he completely recovered from the infection and discharged from the hospital on Monday morning.

As this was a challenge for the hospital authorities, they took all the precautions and started his treatment by keeping him at an Isolation Ward. They finally won this battle against coronavirus and the patient has been discharged from the hospital after his complete recovery.

Due to the timely treatment by doctors, and by the grace of God, my health returned to normalcy. I got good treatment at Wenlock Hospital and staff here took good care, he added.

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Bengaluru: The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation will operate 1000 additional special services in view of the Christmas festival.

In addition to the existing schedule, the special services will run on 19.12.2025, 20.12.2025 and 24.12.2025. Further, special buses will be operated from various places of intra & Interstate places to Bengaluru on 26.12.2025 & 28.12.2025.

Special buses will be exclusively operated from Bengaluru Kempegowda Bus Station to Dharmastala, Kukkesubramanya, Shivamogga, Hassan, Mangaluru, Kundapura, Shringeri, Horanadu, Davangere, Hubbali, Dharwad, Belagavi, Vijayapura, Gokarna, Sirsi, Karwar, Raichur, Kalaburagi, Ballari, Koppala, Yadgir, Bidar, Tirupathi, Vijayawada, Hyderabad and other places.

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Special buses from Mysuru Road Bus Station will be exclusively operated towards Mysuru, Hunsur, Piriyapatna, Virajpet, Kushalanagar, Madikeri.

The corporation has also announced a discount of 5 per cent on the fare if four or more passengers book tickets under a single reservation. A discount of 10 per cent will be extended on return journey tickets if onward and return tickets are booked simultaneously.

In addition to the above, special buses will be operated from all Taluk/District Bus Stands in the jurisdiction of KSRTC based on the traffic needs.