Dakshina Kannada district gets first oxygen generation plant
Mangaluru, June 6: The first oxygen generation unit in Dakshina Kannada district has been commissioned at the Vamadapadavu community health centre (CHC) in Bantwal taluk.
The unit was inaugurated on Saturday by district-in- charge Minister Kota Srinivas Poojary in the presence of Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel and Rajesh Naik, an MLA.
Speaking on the occasion, Poojary said the 500-litre capacity unit can produce 47 litres of oxygen per minute.
Such units would be set up in other taluks also in a phased manner, he said.
Two oxygen generation plants are under construction at the government Wenlock hospital and Lady Goschen hospital in Mangaluru.
Four more taluk hospitals in the district would have oxygen generation plants soon, he said.
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Mystery shrouds death of student in Bengaluru found at home with her throat and wrist slit
Bengaluru: Mystery shrouded the death of a young woman who was found with her throat and wrist slit on Wednesday.
Prabhudhya (21), who was studying in second PUC, lived with her mother and brother. She was found dead in the bathroom of her house in Subrahmanyapura on Wednesday evening with her throat and wrist slit, police said.
The incident came to light around 7 pm on Wednesday.
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The PUC student is said to have died of excess bleeding.
Bengaluru South Division DCP Lokesh B Jagalasar said an investigation is on and would cover all aspects of the incident.
