Heat Wave News: Severe heat continues to wreak havoc across the country including Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh. 13 people have died in Mirzapur due to heat. These include 7 home guards, 5 civilians and 1 unknown. Treatment of 23 home guards is still going on. In Chhattisgarh, the mercury has crossed 47 degrees. So far 5 people have died here due to severe heat. 2 people have died in Bilaspur, 2 including a traffic jawan in Raipur. Apart from this, a beggar has died due to heat in Janjgir.
A total of 23 jawans who returned from election duty were admitted to the trauma center of the divisional hospital. These included 20 home guards, one fire, one PAC and one police jawan. All of them were admitted to the trauma center after their condition deteriorated during election duty. Medical college principal Raj Bahadur Kamal said that fever and high blood pressure could be the cause of death of 13 election workers in Mirzapur, although the exact cause is being ascertained.
On the other hand, the Principal of the Medical College, Dr. RB Kamal said that a total of 23 jawans have come to us, out of which one is from PAC, one is from fire service and one is from police, the remaining 20 were home guard jawans. 6 home guard jawans have died. Two jawans are still in critical condition. Regarding the death of the jawans, he said that when they came to us, they had high fever, sugar level and BP were very high. The reason for their death can also be brain stroke.
Two employees also died in Sonbhadra
Meanwhile, in UP’s Sonbhadra district, two polling personnel have died due to heat stroke. Sonbhadra DM Chandra Vijay Singh said, “Today a polling team was to leave from the dispatch center of Robertsganj. Three polling officers including a policeman fell ill due to heat. Two polling officers died. The CMO said that heat stroke-like symptoms were seen in the polling officers brought here.”
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