Hyderabad man dies of heart attack as ambulance door did not open for 15 minutes
Hyderabad: A 54-year-old man died of a heart attack as he could not be taken to a hospital despite the timely arrival of ambulance in Hyderabad on Tuesday night.
Reason: The door of the ambulance got stuck and the staff had to struggle for nearly 15 minutes to break it open.
According to Chaderghat police, Chekkala Anand, a carpenter from Jillellaguda area was returning home in a Multi-Modal Transport Service train (local train) after completing his work at Begumpet.
He boarded the train at Begumpet railway station and was to get down at Malakpet station, from where he would take a bus to reach home. Minutes before the train reached his station, he complained of chest pain and struggled to breathe.
His co-passengers immediately called for “108” ambulance service operated by GVK-Emergency Management Research Institute (EMRI). They also informed his family members.
“By the time the train reached Malakpet railway station, the ambulance was ready. The passengers brought Anand out of the station and tried to put him in the ambulance. But the door got stuck and the ambulance driver and the medical assistants could not open it despite several attempts.
Finally, after struggling for 15 minutes, they broke the handle and opened the door,” Chaderghat station house officer G Nagaraju said. But Anand had collapsed by then.
The ambulance staff lifted him into the vehicle, made him lie on the stretcher and tried to give him first aid, including oxygen. “But it was all in vain. They declared him dead,” the police official said.
The family members, who reached the spot, and the people who gathered there protested over the alleged negligence in maintaining the vehicle. Meanwhile, the police reached the spot and brought the situation under control.
“The relatives did not file any complaint and so, we have not registered any case. The ambulance staff said they were not at fault, as the vehicle had not been serviced for a long time,” the cop said. GVK-EMRI spokespersons could not be reached for reaction.
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Real Madrid fines Valverde and Tchouaméni half a million euros each for altercation
Barcelona (AP): Real Madrid slapped players Federico Valverde and Aurélien Tchouaméni with half-a-million-euro ($588,000) fines on Friday for their altercation during practice.
The massive fines came a day after the midfielders tussled when the team trained. Valverde said in a post on social media on Thursday that no punches were thrown. But Valverde knocked his head on a table and he suffered a small cut that required a brief hospital visit.
On social media, Valverde initially called it a “meaningless fight” with a teammate and said “everything has been blown out of proportion."
His employers, however, considered it a significant enough breach of team discipline to nail both Valverde and Tchouaméni with fines that bite even the bank account of a top soccer player. The half-a-million euro penalties reflect the reputational damage the club was enduring in a chaotic end to a disappointing season.
In a statement, the 15-time European champion said its disciplinary action was concluded after both players expressed to the club “their complete remorse for what happened and apologized to one another.”
Madrid added they also apologized to their teammates, the coaching staff and club supporters, as well as showing their willingness to accept whatever disciplinary action the club deemed “opportune.”
Tchouaméni was back training with Madrid on Friday, two days before they play at Barcelona in a clasico. Madrid has to win otherwise Barcelona will be crowned La Liga champion.
After being notified of the fine, he posted a public apology to the club and its fans on social media.
“What happened this week in training is unacceptable,” Tchouaméni wrote. "I say this while thinking about the example we are expected to set for young people, whether in football or at school.
“Above all, I am sorry for the image we projected of the club.”
Valverde was not at practice due to the head knock.
Both players are set to play in the World Cup next month, with Tchouaméni playing for France and Valverde for Uruguay.
Chaotic end to a poor season
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The run-in between the players, who for seasons have played side by side in Madrid's midfield, came after they argued this week in previous training sessions. But tempers boiled over on Thursday. Spanish media was rife with reports that the players previously disagreed over the club's decision to let coach Xabi Alonso go after just months on the job.
It was not the only altercation involving Madrid players during training this week. Álvaro Carreras confirmed he was in a “minor” incident with a teammate. Spanish media said he and fellow defender Antonio Rüdiger got into a scuffle.
Álvaro Arbeloa, the coach who was promoted from Madrid's reserve team when Alonso was fired in January, will face tough questions on what went wrong inside the changing room when he gives a press conference on Saturday ahead of the clasico at Camp Nou.
Madrid is facing a second consecutive campaign without a major trophy amid rumors in the Spanish media that club president Florentino Pérez is considering bringing back Jose Mourinho to straighten out his underperforming team.
