Sept 28: 629 COVID-19 cases, 17 deaths in Karnataka
Bengaluru, Sep 28: Karnataka on Tuesday registered 629 fresh COVID-19 cases and 17 deaths, taking the caseload and death toll to 29,74,528 and 37,763 respectively, the health department said.
A department bulletin said 782 people were discharged, pushing the total number of recoveries to 29,24,102. Active cases stood at 12,634, a health department bulletin said.
Bengaluru Urban accounted for the maximum number of 229 cases and six fatalities, it said.
Dakshina Kannada district bordering Kerala remained a major COVID-19 hotspot with 96 fresh infections and two deaths.
Other districts too reported fresh cases, including Mysuru 58, Udupi 39, Kodagu 30, Hassan 27 and Mandya and Tumakuru 22 each.
Bidar, Gadag, Kalaburagi, Koppal, Raichur, Vijayapura and Yadgir reported zero infections and zero COVID-19 related deaths.
Twenty-three districts reported zero fatalities, the bulletin said.
A total of 93,014 samples were tested in the state on Tuesday, taking the cumulative number of specimens examined to 4.74 crore.
The number of vaccinations done so far in the state rose to 5.51 crore, with 1,79,277 people being inoculated on Tuesday, it said.
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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.
