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By Our Staff Reporter
BANGALORE, DEC. 28. The State Government continued doing its bit to mitigate the sufferings and losses suffered by Tamil Nadu and other States ravaged by Sunday's tsunami. The Health Minister, Cheluvaraya Swamy, told presspersons today that as requested by the Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary, four medical teams have been despatched to Nagapattinam, Cuddalore and other places with medical supplies worth Rs. 1 lakh each. (PTI reports that the teams comprise 15 members each — five doctors and 10 nurses drawn from the Victoria, Bowring, K.C. General, and Jayanagar government hospitals.) Medicines worth Rs. 5 lakhs have been sent to Andaman and Nicobar Islands, along with a team, he said and added that private hospitals and nursing homes that volunteered to send teams and medicines can approach the Government for transportation.
Hospitals' gesture
The Victoria Hospital has sent a team of nine medical specialists, 10 nurses and two paramedical personnel to provide relief for the people affected in Nagapattinam. The team, which has taken medicines, is expected to stay in the district for a week or more, according to K.S. Siddaraj, Medical Superintendent of Victoria Hospital. Clothes and other relief material have been sent to Tamil Nadu through the voluntary organisation, Sumangali Sevashram. The Head of the Department of Nuclear Medicine at the Hospital, Saroja, said five postgraduate students from Bangalore Medical College have left for the Andaman and Nicobar Islands to help in the relief work. St. John's Medical College and Hospital sent a team of six doctors and a nurse to Port Blair on Tuesday. The Mallya Hospital and its sister concern, Vydehi Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, have despatched two ambulances with a team of 50 doctors and paramedical staff to Chennai. The Mayor of Bangalore, R. Narayanswamy, has announced a relief fund of Rs. 4.5 lakhs and medical assistance on behalf of the Bangalore Mahanagara Palike.
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