Patients shifted as Bengaluru hospital runs out of oxygen supply
Bengaluru: Patients, including those who are COVID-19 positive and on oxygen support at the Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences, were shifted to various hospitals in Bengaluru on Monday night as the medical facility was short of oxygen supply, official sources said.
Karnataka Medical Education Minister K Sudhakar tweeted that as soon as he came to know about the shortage of oxygen at the KIMS, a private hospital, directions were issued to shift patients by ambulance to Victoria, Bowring and Rajiv Gandhi hospitals in the city.
For the treatment of critical patients, 20 huge oxygen cylinders have been sent to the KIMS, Sudhakar said. According to official sources, nearly 50 patients, including those coronavirus positive, have been shifted.
The KIMS said in a statement that due to shortage of liquid oxygen from the manufacturing company, authorities were informed about the situation and requested for arrangements of liquid oxygen from other suppliers.
"We have anticipated that low oxygen volume hypoxic crisis may occur for oxygen dependent patients," it said.
"For damage control and on precautionary measures, we plan to shift all oxygen-dependent patients to various government and private hospitals.
"During this crisis, all government officials and authorities immediately responded to our call and supported us by joining hands with the management for saving the lives of the patients. We are indebted for their kind co-operation," it added.
ಕಿಮ್ಸ್ ಖಾಸಗಿ ಆಸ್ಪತ್ರೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಆಕ್ಸಿಜನ್ ಕೊರತೆ ಇರುವುದು ನನ್ನ ಗಮನಕ್ಕೆ ಬಂದ ಕೂಡಲೇ ಹೆಚ್ಚು ರೋಗಿಗಳನ್ನು ವಿಕ್ಟೊರಿಯಾ, ಬೌರಿಂಗ್ & ರಾಜೀವ್ ಗಾಂಧಿ ಆಸ್ಪತ್ರೆಗೆ ರವಾನಿಸಲು ಅಂಬುಲನ್ಸ್ ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆ ಮಾಡಲಾಗಿದೆ. ಗಂಭೀರ ಸ್ಥಿತಿಯಲ್ಲಿರುವ ರೋಗಿಗಳ ಚಿಕಿತ್ಸೆಗೆ 20 ಭಾರೀ ಗಾತ್ರದ ಆಕ್ಸಿಜನ್ ಸಿಲಿಂಡರ್ ಗಳನ್ನು ಕಿಮ್ಸ್ ಗೆ ಕಳುಹಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ.
— Dr Sudhakar K (@mla_sudhakar) August 17, 2020
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Congress using hijab issue to pacify minority anger, alleges Karnataka LoP R Ashoka
Bengaluru: Leader of Opposition in the Assembly R. Ashoka has accused the Congress government of using the hijab issue to placate what he described as discontent among minority voters after the Davanagere by-election.
In a post on X on Wednesday, Ashoka alleged that the state government, instead of addressing issues such as price rise, corruption, farmers’ distress and law and order, was attempting to retain its minority vote base by reviving the hijab issue.
Referring to the 2022 dress code introduced by the BJP government, which prohibited hijab in schools and colleges, Ashoka said the Karnataka High Court had upheld the policy and emphasised the importance of discipline in educational institutions.
He questioned the Congress government’s move to revisit the issue and asked whether setting aside the court-backed policy to benefit one community could be described as secularism.
Ashoka further alleged that while the government was willing to permit hijab, it continued to prohibit saffron shawls.
He accused the government of dividing students on religious lines rather than treating schools and colleges as spaces of equality.
Drawing a comparison with Mamata Banerjee’s government in West Bengal, Ashoka claimed that excessive appeasement politics had harmed the state and warned that the Congress in Karnataka could face a similar political response.
He said voters in Karnataka would teach the Congress a lesson for what he termed “vote-bank politics” and for compromising constitutional and judicial principles.
