4th 'Apple Mart' hypermarket in city to be inaugurated on October 28
Mangaluru, Oct 26: The 4th branch of the prestigious AK Group's 'Apple Mart' hypermarket will be inaugurated at Ivory Enclave located on SL Mathias Road in Attavar here at 10 am on October 28.
Chancellor of Yenepoya University Yenepoya Abdulla Kunhi will inaugurate the hypermarket. PB Ibrahim of PBI Construction, Bhatkal will be the first purchaser.
Retired Inspector General of Police Panduranga H Rane will inaugurate the Big Mishra Pedha store, SMR Group Chairman SM Rasheed will inaugurate Reem Dates and Nuts store, Mathias Aluminum Systems Chairman Gregory Mathias will inaugurate S Cube store, Corporator Abdul Ravoof will inaugurate Fish and Meat store, Dr. K Reshma Pai of Shrinivas Dental College will inaugurate Blush and Bloom and Badminton player Akanksha S Pai will inaugurate Apple Toymart at new Apple Mart Hypermarket.
This new hypermart is spread over 12000 sq ft and offers wide range of products like Grocery, fresh vegetables, fruits,dry fruits, and all other household needs like meat , fish,sweets ,toys,innerwear of all brands. Home delivery facility is also available. Hypermart will be open between 8.30am to 10pm.
This is 4th Apple mart in Mangaluru with first 3 situated at Padavinangady, Kadri and Maurishka Palace. There are 9 branches of the group in Gulf Countries. With customer satisfaction as it's main motto, Apple Mart is planning to expand its base across the coastal region, a release said.
First in Mangalore: Price Checker
Apple Mart Group, fastest growing supermarket chain has implemented a system for customers to ‘price check’ items found in the store. A price checker is an electronic kiosk that allows customers to scan the barcode of any item in the store to view the price of that item. GoFrugal Price Checker, will be inaugurated in newly built Apple Mart Hypermarket , Ivory Enclave Attavar on 28th of Oct, 2018.
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Woman in labour dies while being transported in ambulance lacking oxygen support
Palghar (PTI): A 26-year-old pregnant woman from Maharashtra's Palghar district died while being taken to hospital in an ambulance which was not equipped with oxygen and other necessary facilities, authorities said on Wednesday.
Palghar's Civil Surgeon Dr Ramdas Marad said the health department has repeatedly raised concerns with authorities about the lack of specialised ambulances in the region.
The woman, who was in labour pain, was brought to a rural hospital here in a critical state on Tuesday evening.
"If she had come earlier, we could have saved her," the health official said.
Palghar Lok Sabha member Dr Hemant Savara said the health department should take necessary action into the matter and ambulance services should have adequate facilities.
Pinki Dongarkar, resident of Sarni village, went into labour on Tuesday evening.
Her family immediately rushed her to Kasa rural hospital, but due to the critical nature of her condition, the staff there referred her to neighbouring Silvassa city (in the Union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu) for further medical attention.
However, despite frantic attempts by her family to secure an ambulance equipped with oxygen and necessary medical facilities through the '108' emergency service, their requests went unanswered, a health official said.
They were eventually provided with a regular ambulance by the Kasa rural hospital.
While en route to Silvassa, the woman succumbed to complications and the foetus also did not survive, health officials confirmed.
Dr Marad said the woman was brought to the Kasa rural hospital in a critical state.
According to him, the woman suffered from a condition called Intrauterine Fetal Death (IUFD), where the foetus died in the womb. The exact time of the foetal death could not be determined.
Upon arrival at the hospital, the woman was semi-conscious and showed signs of severe infection.
On issues with the 108 emergency ambulance services, which are privately operated, Dr Marad said the ambulance might have been unavailable due to high demand.
The health department has repeatedly raised concerns with authorities about the lack of specialised ambulances in the region, he said.
Talking to PTI, Palghar BJP MP Savara said, "This is a very sad incident. The health department should take necessary action in this connection. Also, such an incident should not happen in future for this reason."
"The ambulance services should have adequate oxygen and cardiac support facilities. Also, a doctor is required to accompany the patient. I will follow it up with the government," he said.
CPI (M) leader Vinod Nikole, the newly-elected assembly member from Dahanu in Palghar, said he had raised the issue in the House during his last term, but no action was taken.
He criticised the government over "indifference" towards improving healthcare facilities, particularly in tribal areas, and accused the state of prioritising other programmes, such as the Ladki Bahin Yojana, over the urgent needs of healthcare in rural regions.
