There was heavy rush at the District Government Hospital, taluk hospitals and Community Health Centres (CHCs) in Udupi district, owing to the protest by private medical establishments against the proposed Karnataka Private Medical Establishments (Amendment) Bill, 2017, on Thursday. The inflow of patients in the Primary Health Centres was also high, she said. Madhusudhan Nayak, District Surgeon, told The Hindu that there was double the number of patients who usually visit the District Government Hospital here. Rohini, District Health and Family Welfare Officer, told The Hindu that there was quite a heavy flow of patients at the taluk hospitals in Kundapur and Karkala and also in the Community Health Centres in the district. Usually the District Government Hospital has about 110 in-patients, but on Thursday, it had 151 in-patients.
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