Allot 50% beds in health hub hospitals to Aarogyasri patients: CM
The Hindu
‘Healthcare services should not be interrupted owing to lack of staff’
Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy has asked the officials to ensure that 50% of the beds in the hospitals being set up in the health hubs are allotted to patients seeking treatment under the Aarogyasri scheme.
Chairing a review meeting on the coronavirus pandemic situation in the State on Tuesday, Mr. Jagan Mohan Reddy said that the benefits of the Aarogyasri scheme were better than that of health insurance schemes. The hospitals that allotted more beds to Aarogyasri patients would get a priority in the upcoming health hubs.
Hampi, the UNESCO-recognised historical site, was the capital of the Vijayanagara empire from 1336 to 1565. Foreign travellers from Persia, Europe and other parts of the world have chronicled the wealth of the place and the unique cultural mores of this kingdom built on the banks of the Tungabhadra river. There are fine descriptions to be found of its temples, farms, markets and trading links, remnants of which one can see in the ruins now. The Literature, architecture of this era continue inspire awe.
Unfurling the zine handed to us at the start of the walk, we use brightly-coloured markers to draw squiggly cables across the page, starting from a sepia-toned vintage photograph of the telegraph office. Iz, who goes by the pronouns they/them, explains, “This building is still standing, though it shut down in 2013,” they say, pointing out that telegraphy, which started in Bengaluru in 1854, was an instrument of colonial power and control. “The British colonised lands via telegraph cables, something known as the All Red Line.”
The festival in Bengaluru is happening at various locations, including ATREE in Jakkur, Bangalore Creative Circus in Yeshwantpur, Courtyard Koota in Kengeri, and Medai the Stage in Koramangala. The festival will also take place in various cities across Karnataka including Tumakuru, Ramanagara, Mandya, Kolar, Chikkaballapura, Hassan, Chitradurga, Davangere, Chamarajanagar and Mysuru.