Mangaluru: The Health Department has sought the help of five private hospitals in Dakshina Kannada to help government to treat those tested positive for dengue and other communicable diseases.
 While staff of Kasturba Medical College will help government doctors in Mangaluru taluk, Moodbidri and Ullal, Yenepoya Hospital will service Belthangady taluk, K.V.G Hospital will serve Sullia taluk, K.S. Hegde Medical Academy will serve Puttur taluk and Srinivas Hospital will serve Bantwal taluk.
 
As per sources, District Health Officer Ramakrishna Rao has already written to these hospitals seeking deployment of doctors at primary health centres and other government hospitals in the taluk allocated to them.
 
The private hospitals have been urged to senior postgraduates to government hospitals where they would work with government doctors. The government says that it will take care of the accommodation of doctors deputed from said hospitals.