Bus driver, conductor save girl's life in Mangaluru
Mangaluru (Karnataka) Jul 31: In a dashing display of compassion, a city bus driver in Mangaluru saved the life of a young passenger on Wednesday.
The 13F bus was on a routine trip in the city and when passing through Kulur town, a young student travelling in it complained of chest pain.
Bus driver Mahesh Poojary and conductor Suresh immediately rushed the girl to a nearby hospital in Kankanady. Using the bus horn as a siren, the driver rushed through the traffic and arrived at the hospital that was six kilometres away in just six minutes after the passenger raised the alarm.
Even as the driver pulled into the hospital, the conductor rushed out to get the paramedics to rush to the aid of the passenger. Thanks to his quick thinking, the girl was immediately given treatment.
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According to the hospital officials, the girl is out of danger. Withholding the identity of the passenger for personal reasons, the officials said further investigations are going on. The girl's relatives thanked the driver and the conductor.
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Pakistan reports two more polio cases; Total tally now 52
ISLAMABAD: At least two more cases of poliovirus were reported in Pakistan, taking the number of infections to 52 so far this year, a report said on Friday.
“The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health has confirmed the detection of two more wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases in Pakistan," an official statement said.
The fresh infections — a boy and a girl — were reported from the Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.
“Genetic sequencing of the samples collected from the children is underway," the statement read. Dera Ismail Khan, one of the seven polio-endemic districts of southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, has reported five polio cases so far this year.
Of the 52 cases in the country this year, 24 are from Balochistan, 13 from Sindh, 13 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and one each from Punjab and Islamabad.
There is no cure for polio. Only multiple doses of the oral polio vaccine and completion of the routine vaccination schedule for all children under the age of five can keep them protected.
