Sunstroke at Maharashtra event: 9 nonetheless hospitalised, says civic official
By PTI
MUMBAI: Nine of us have been nonetheless current course of treatment in a number of hospitals after affected by sunstroke at a mega award function in Navi Mumbai, a civic official said on Tuesday.
Thirteen of us had died after attending the event held in Kharghar house of Maharashtra’s Raigad district neighbouring Mumbai on Sunday.
The function was held in an open ground and was attended by various lakh of us, most of them followers of social worker Appasaheb Dharmadhikari who was conferred with the Maharashtra Bhushan Award by Union Home Minister Amit Shah on the event.
The nearest local weather station to the spot had recorded a most temperature of 38 ranges Celsius.
“The death toll stands at 13 as no fresh fatality has been reported. We discharged eight persons yesterday after treatment. Besides, five persons are recuperating at the MGM Hospital (Kamothe), three in a Vashi civic hospital and another patient at Medicover Hospital in Kharghar,” Panvel Municipal Corporation’s deputy commissioner Vitthal Dake said.
Chief Minister Eknath Shinde had termed the deaths as “very unfortunate” and said the kin of the deceased will probably be given a compensation of Rs 5 lakh.
Leader of Opposition throughout the Assembly Ajit Pawar had sought an inquiry into how the award event was organised all through noon time when the temperature was very extreme.
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Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole had said a case of culpable homicide needs to be registered in direction of the Shinde authorities for the sunstroke deaths.
Nationalist Congress Party’s Lok Sabha member Supriya Sule had demanded the formation of a panel to probe the incident.
Many followers of Shree Parivar (Dharmadhikari’s organisation) had reached the venue on Friday and stayed there till the function concluded at spherical 1.30 pm on Sunday.
At the sprawling venue, some of us complained of dizziness and completely different properly being issues.
Some moreover fainted on the ground.
They have been initially dealt with at make shift medical providers and later rushed to hospitals.
Dharmadhikari has a big following throughout the state as a consequence of his tree plantation drives, blood donation and medical camps along with de-addiction work in tribal areas.
MUMBAI: Nine of us have been nonetheless current course of treatment in a number of hospitals after affected by sunstroke at a mega award function in Navi Mumbai, a civic official said on Tuesday.
Thirteen of us had died after attending the event held in Kharghar house of Maharashtra’s Raigad district neighbouring Mumbai on Sunday.
The function was held in an open ground and was attended by various lakh of us, most of them followers of social worker Appasaheb Dharmadhikari who was conferred with the Maharashtra Bhushan Award by Union Home Minister Amit Shah on the event.googletag.cmd.push(function() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
The nearest local weather station to the spot had recorded a most temperature of 38 ranges Celsius.
“The death toll stands at 13 as no fresh fatality has been reported. We discharged eight persons yesterday after treatment. Besides, five persons are recuperating at the MGM Hospital (Kamothe), three in a Vashi civic hospital and another patient at Medicover Hospital in Kharghar,” Panvel Municipal Corporation’s deputy commissioner Vitthal Dake said.
Chief Minister Eknath Shinde had termed the deaths as “very unfortunate” and said the kin of the deceased will probably be given a compensation of Rs 5 lakh.
Leader of Opposition throughout the Assembly Ajit Pawar had sought an inquiry into how the award event was organised all through noon time when the temperature was very extreme.
ALSO READ | ‘Maharashtra Bhushan’ award event: 11 attendees die of sunstroke, Ajit Pawar seeks probe
Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole had said a case of culpable homicide needs to be registered in direction of the Shinde authorities for the sunstroke deaths.
Nationalist Congress Party’s Lok Sabha member Supriya Sule had demanded the formation of a panel to probe the incident.
Many followers of Shree Parivar (Dharmadhikari’s organisation) had reached the venue on Friday and stayed there till the function concluded at spherical 1.30 pm on Sunday.
At the sprawling venue, some of us complained of dizziness and completely different properly being issues.
Some moreover fainted on the ground.
They have been initially dealt with at make shift medical providers and later rushed to hospitals.
Dharmadhikari has a big following throughout the state as a consequence of his tree plantation drives, blood donation and medical camps along with de-addiction work in tribal areas.
