Congress selects candidate for Ballary bypoll: Siddaramaiah clears the air
Bengaluru: The coordination committee chairman Siddaramaiah has succeeded in uniting the Congress MLAs of Ballary district and district in-charge minister D.K. Shivakumar over the issue of choosing Congress candidate for the Ballary bypoll.
Though a series of meetings was conducted at the KPCC office for a couple of days, it was not possible to choose a Congress candidate for the upcoming Ballary bypoll. However, today Siddaramaiah attended the leaders meeting and cleared the air.
MLAs Tukaram, P.T. Parameshwar Naik, Anand Singh, and Anil Lad had expressed their opposition to MLA Nagendra's brother Venkatesh Prasad’s candidature. Also, they had not attended the meeting held at the KPCC office.
At a meeting held at KPCC office under the leadership of Siddaramaiah today, all the Congress MLAs of the district, and prominent party leaders participated and expressed their opinions. Except former MLA Anil Lad, all attended the meeting.
KPCC President Dinesh Gundu Rao, Bellary district in-charge minister D.K. Shivakumar and others were present.
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Daycare chemotherapy centres to be set up in district hospitals, announces Dr. Sharanaparakash Patil
Belagavi: Medical Education Minister Dr. Sharanaparakash Rudrappa Patil on Tuesday said the State government plans to establish day-care chemotherapy centres in all district hospitals across Karnataka to make cancer treatment more accessible.
Replying to a question raised by BJP MLC M.P. Kushalappa during the Question Hour in the Legislative Council, the minister said it was not feasible for cancer patients from various districts to travel repeatedly to Kidwai Memorial Institute in Bengaluru. To address this issue, the government is taking steps to establish cancer care centers in other districts in collaboration with the Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology.
Providing details of cancer treatment at Kidwai, Dr. Patil said that over the past three years, 41,512 cancer patients have received treatment at the institute. Treatment included surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, or a combination of these, depending on the type and stage of cancer.
Between 2022 and 2024, a total of 12,781 patients underwent surgery, 14,423 patients received radiation therapy, and over 28,370 patients were administered chemotherapy, he said.
The minister further noted that more than 110 patients were provided bone marrow transplants, an otherwise expensive procedure, free of cost at the institute during the same period.
The proposed day-care chemotherapy centers, he said, would significantly reduce the burden on patients and improve access to timely cancer treatment at the district level.
