Veerendra Heggade provides 100 oxygen concentrators to COVID care centres
Mangaluru, May 21: Dharmasthala dharmadhikari D Veerendra Heggade has provided 100 oxygen concentrators to needy Covid care centres in hospitals through Sri Kshetra Dharmasthala Rural Development Project (SKDRDP).
The concentrators have been purchased and are being sent to hospitals where they are required, SKDRDP executive director L H Manjunath said in a press release here.
Of the 100 oxygen concentrators, 40 have been provided to patients under home isolation in Bengaluru.
A concentrator bank has been set up at the planning office in Bengaluru to make them available for needy patients, he said.
Considering the Covid situation in north Karnataka, 10 oxygen high-flow machines would be immediately installed at KIMS hospital, Kubballi, district hospital, Chitradurga, and SDM hospital, Dharwad.
Ventilators are also being purchased to make them freely available to patients severely affected with Covid-19, Manjunath said in the release.
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Senior Congress MLA, former Minister Shamanuru Shivashankarappa passes away
Bengaluru (PTI): Veteran Congress leader Shamanuru Shivashankarappa passed away at a private hospital here on Sunday due to age-related ailments, official sources said.
He was 95 and represented the Davanagere South Assembly constituency. He had been undergoing treatment at the hospital for some time.
Shivashankarappa is survived by three sons, including S S Mallikarjun, Karnataka Minister for Mines and Geology and Horticulture, and four daughters.
His daughter-in-law, Prabha Mallikarjun, is the Member of Parliament from Davanagere.
A former minister, Shivashankarappa, served as treasurer of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) for several decades and was the president of the All India Veerashaiva Mahasabha, the apex body of the influential Veerashaiva-Lingayat community.
He was also a noted educationist who established several educational institutions and was an industrialist.
