Category: Records

** Aster CMI hospital and IISc. to launch artificial intelligence lab  in Bengaluru

The lab has been set up to build cutting edge AI products in the healthcare domain, and bridge the gap between clinical medicine and technology by training healthcare professionals in AI

To understand disease patterns and improve treatment outcomes using artificial intelligence (AI) tools, Aster CMI Hospital has joined hands with the Indian Institute of Science (IISc.) to launch an AI lab.

The lab was launched by Azad Moopen, founder Chairman and Managing Director, Aster DM Healthcare; Lokesh B., Consultant Neurology at the hospital; and Phaneendra K Yalavarthy, Professor of Medical Imaging, Department of Computational and Data Sciences, IISc.

** Chikkamagaluru becomes first district in the country to complete NCD screening

The screening covered 4.46 lakh people aged above 30 in the district

Chikkamagaluru has become the first district in the country to complete enrollment and screening of non-communicable diseases among people aged above 30.

With detailed planning and active participation of officers and workers on the ground, the screening was conducted for three months from September 2021 to identify people with diabetes mellitus, hypertension, besides cancers — oral, breast, and cervical.

** Drishti national dance festival in Bengaluru on March 19

The Drishti Art Centre is organising its 17th Drishti national dance festival on Saturday, March 19, at Chowdiah Memorial Hall, Vyalikaval, at 6 p.m.

According to a release, the festival will feature some of the finest artists of the country in different genres of Indian classical dance styles such as Bharatanatyam, Kathak and Odissi.

They are: Rama Vaidyanathan, Bharatanatyam (New Delhi), Nadam Dance Ensemble, Kathak (Bengaluru), Anuradha Vikranth and the Drishti Dance Ensemble, Bharatanatyam (Bengaluru), Rahul Acharya, Odissi (Bhubaneswar), Pavitra Bhat, Bharatanatyam (Mumbai).

Ms. Vaidyanathan will be honoured with the “Drishti Puraskar” award on this occasion for her contribution to the field of dance.

** Manipal Hospitals introduces wearable to track activities of post-operative patients

`Digital monitoring and adherence to instructions will bring down readmissions, mortality significantly’

Patients’ post-discharge adherence to drug, diet and exercise/physiotherapy instructions from their medical practitioners and strict monitoring of their activities would reduce the rate of readmissions and mortality to a great extent, said Dr. Ranjan Shetty, the Head of Department, Cardiology at Manipal Hospitals.

 To make post-surgical monitoring handy for patients, Manipal Hospitals on Thursday entered into a strategic partnership with ConnectedLife, a health management solutions provider, to introduce Fitbit, an intelligent wearable, built on Google Cloud to monitor patients’ progress after high-risk surgeries and procedures. 

** More Hoysala monuments in Karnataka are queuing up for world heritage site tag

The Hoysala temples at Belur, Halebeedu and Somanathapura are India’s official nominations for inclusion as UNESCO World Heritage Sites, but a few more temples belonging to the same period could join the list in future

The Hoysala temples at Belur, Halebeedu and Somanathapura are India’s official nominations for inclusion as UNESCO World Heritage Sites, but a few more temples belonging to the same period could join the list in future.

The serial nomination process provides for extension of sites under the same category if the new site meets the UNESCO’s criteria of displaying outstanding universal value besides sharing the same attributes as that of the monuments that were originally included as World Heritage Sites.

** Bengaluru entrepreneur , wife offer ₹105 cr. to IISc to set up centre for public health

Facility will be operational by 2024 and aims to encourage aspirants to pursue career in clinical research

The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Ajit Isaac, founder and chairman of Quess Corp, and his wife Sarah Isaac to set up a Centre for Public Health on its campus. They have committed ₹105 crore towards the centre, which will be called Isaac Centre for Public Health (ICPH). It will be located in the IISc Medical School’s Academic and Research block and span over 27,000 sq ft.  

The centre will be part of the postgraduate medical school soon to be established on campus. Earlier this year, philanthropist couples Susmita and Subroto Bagchi, and Radha and N.S. Parthasarathy had donated ₹425 crore to IISc to set up a postgraduate medical college and an 800-bed multi-specialty hospital on its Bengaluru campus. 

** Karnataka Bank bags best MSME Bank of the year at ASSOCHAM’s Excellence Awards

Karnataka Bank has bagged “Best MSME Bank of the year – Winner” award among private sector Banks at the 8th MSMEs Excellence Awards Ceremony and Summit held on March 9, 2022 instituted by ASSOCHAM at New Delhi.

The award was received by Gopalakrishna Samaga B, DGM, Credit Marketing Department on behalf of Karnataka Bank Ltd in the presence of Narayan T Rane, Minister, Ministry of MSME, Government of India.

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** DRDO constructs multi-storey building in 45 days; to house R&D facilities for AMCA project

India’s premier defence research institute DRDO has built a multi-storey facility for flight control system at Aeronautical Development Establishment in Bengaluru in record 45 days using in-house technology, officials said on March 17.

The seven-storey building, with a plinth area of 1.3 lakh square feet, will house research and development facilities for the development of a fifth-generation medium weight deep penetration fighter jet for the Indian Air Force (IAF).

“The DRDO has completed the construction of a multi-storey infrastructure for flight control system at ADE Bengaluru with hybrid technology consisting of conventional, pre-engineered and precast methodology in record 45 days,” said one of the officials.

** Freedom Fighter Passes Away

Prof. Ashwathanarayana was the Secretary, Freedom Fighters’ Association and TTL College of Business Management

Mysore/Mysuru: 

Prof. H.N. Ashwathanarayana (90), Secretary of Mysuru City and District Freedom Fighters’ Association and a resident of Krishnamurthypuram, passed away yesterday afternoon in city following brief illness.

** KVGB launches micro insurance policy for vector-borne disease

Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank has tied up with Liberty General Insurance Co. Ltd. for the purpose

A micro policy at affordable rate for providing insurance cover for vector-borne disease has been launched by Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank (KVGB) in association with Liberty General Insurance Co. Ltd.

Chairman of the KVG Bank P. Gopi Krishna and Vice-President of Liberty General Insurance Manish Kotian unveiled the special micro insurance product, Janarakshaka, at a function in Dharwad recently.

Mr. Gopi Krishna said that as the rainy season approaches, chances of people contracting  vector-borne diseases such as dengue, malaria, chikungunya, Japanese Encephalitis, Kala-azar, lymphatic filariasis and Zika virus increase.

Under the policy, the policyholder will get immediate relief of ₹10,000 as a one-time compensation if he contracted any of the vector-borne diseases. The claim procedure has also been simplified. In addition, an accidental death coverage of ₹20,000 has also been included in the policy.