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Meghalaya CM lays foundation stone for first medical college in state

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Shillong, Dec 6 (IANS) Chief Minister Mukul Sangma on Wednesday laid the foundation stone here for the first medical college in Meghalaya.

The 500-bed medical institute-cum-hospital will be developed by the KPC Group of Kolkata under the public-private partnership (PPP) mode at an estimated cost of Rs 350-Rs 400 crore.

“Establishing infrastructure and taking up projects in PPP mode is a very challenging task for a government as the concept of PPP model is still new for many,” Sangma told the gathering.

He said that his government had successfully taken up many developmental programmes in the state in the PPP mode.

Sangma said the setting up of medical colleges in Shillong and Tura, the district headquarters of West Garo Hills, would help meet the shortage of medical professionals while providing better health facilities to the people of the state.

“A medical college is not only an institution for aspiring students who wish to become medical professionals but also a centre with the entire wherewithal to assist the government and the policy makers in respect of all the challenges associated with healthcare sector. Medical colleges are also the tertiary referral centres,” the medical practitioner-turned-Chief Minister said.

“With such medical colleges in our own state, our beloved people will no more be forced to travel to Delhi, Vellore or Chennai for tertiary healthcare.”

Sangma said a new strategy for treatment needed to be adopted, and doctors and nurses needed to equip themselves with knowledge and skill for better treatment and nursing of patients.

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Covid toll in Karnataka is a worrying sign for state government

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Even though Karnataka recorded the lowest number of Covid deaths in April since the virus struck first in 2020, the state is recording a rise in the positivity rate (1.50 per cent). Five people died from the Covid infections in April as per the statistics released by the state health department. In March, the positivity rate stood around 0.53 per cent. In the first week of April it came down to 0.38 per cent, second week registered 0.56 per cent, third week it rose to 0.79 per cent and by end of April the Covid positivity rate touched 1.19 per cent.

on an average 500 persons used to succumb everyday in the peak of Covid infection, as per the data. Health experts said that the mutated Coronavirus is losing its fierce characteristics as vaccination, better treatment facilities and awareness among the people have contributed to the lesser number of Covid deaths.

During the 4th and 6th of April two deaths were reported in Bengaluru, one in Gadag district on April 8, two deaths were reported from Belagavi and Vijayapura on April 30. The first Covid case was reported in the state in March 2020 and three Covid deaths were recorded in the month. In the following month 21 people became victims to the deadly virus, and May 2020 recorded 22 deaths. The death toll recorded everyday after May crossed three digits. However, the third wave, which started in January 2

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