Mangaluru: Overspeeding car mows down 14-year-old school student who was on his way back home
Mangaluru: In a tragic incident reported from Mudipu on Tuesday afternoon, an eighth-grade student died on the spot after being mowed down by a car when he was standing beside the road.
The deceased student has been identified as Karthik (14), a resident of Boliyaar Batrabailu here.
Karthik was a student in eighth grade at the Mudipu Government School. He was on his way back to his house when he was mowed down by a car that was coming toward Mudipu.
Eyewitnesses claimed that the driver of the car was over-speeding which led to the accident. After mowing down Karthik, the car further hit an auto-rickshaw that was parked nearby.
Reports said the car owner had given the car to his friend for a trial drive when the accident took place.
A case in this regard was registered at the local police station.
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Treat snake, dog bite victims without demanding money, Min Gundurao directs pvt hospital
Bengaluru: Private hospitals must provide immediate life-saving treatment to victims of snake bites and dog bites without demanding any advance payment, Karnataka Health Minister Dinesh Gundurao said on Friday, stressing that the directive is mandatory and has already been issued as an official order.
The Minister was speaking after inaugurating the Snake Bites Prevention and Control and Rabies-Free Karnataka State Action Plan, organised by the Department of Health and Family Welfare under the Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme, at Vikasa Soudha.
Stating that the government aims to reduce rabies deaths in the state to zero by 2030, Gundurao said the action plan focuses on strengthening rabies prevention mechanisms.Anti-rabies vaccines and rabies immunoglobulin have been supplied to all primary health centres, community health centres, taluk hospitals and district hospitals across the state, and maintaining adequate stock has been made mandatory.
He added that private hospitals also have vaccines available and must begin treatment immediately without insisting on advance payment.
"To ensure strict implementation, state-level and district-level joint committees have been constituted to monitor compliance," Gundurao added.
The Minister said the initiative is being implemented with the coordination of various government departments, with non-governmental organisations also extending support.
Gundurao also stated that, “in line with Central Government guidelines, the Karnataka government included all snakebite cases under the list of notifiable diseases in 2024. The guidelines have been prepared in collaboration with NGOs, civil society organisations and multiple departments, focusing on prevention, availability of medicines, training of healthcare personnel and public awareness. The primary objective is to eliminate disability and mortality caused by snake bites.”
Reiterating the government’s stand, the Health Minister said that while free treatment for snakebite victims is being provided in government facilities, private hospitals are also responsible to offer immediate treatment without demanding advance payment.
