D K Shivakumar recovers from COVID-19, discharged from hospital
Bengaluru: Congress' Karnataka unit president D K Shivakumar who was undergoing treatment for COVID-19 infection has been discharged after recovery, the hospital treating him said on Monday.
"Shivakumar who was admitted to Suguna Hospital, Rajajinagar, since August 24 with complaints of fever and myalgia has recovered well and discharged from the hospital," Hospital CEO Dr Kiran Kumar B R said in a statement.
The hospital's multidisciplinary team of specialists treated Shivakumar and he responded well to the treatment, it said.
Sources close to Shivakumar said the 58-year-old leader was discharged this afternoon and is back home.
Several leaders, including Congress president Sonia Gandhi, her son and party leader Rahul Gandhi, also Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa were among those who had telephoned Shivakumar while he was undergoing treatment and wished him a speedy recovery.
Yediyurappa and leader of opposition Siddaramaiah too had earlier this month tested positive for the infection and were subsequently discharged from the hospital after recovery.
State BJP President Nalin Kumar Kateel on Sunday had said he has tested positive for COVID-19 and is undergoing treatment at a hospital.
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Bridge portion collapses on Jammu outskirts; 3-4 labourers feared trapped, 1 rescued
Jammu (PTI): A portion of a small bridge collapsed in the Bantalab area on the outskirts of Jammu city on Friday, trapping at least three to four labourers under the debris, while one injured worker was rescued, official sources said.
Authorities have closed the road link following the collapse of the portion of the bridge.
The incident occurred when labourers were carrying out repair work on a retaining wall near the bridge that was damaged in last year's flash floods, the sources said.
According to the sources, a section of the bridge suddenly gave way, burying workers engaged at the site under the rubble.
Police, Army and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) teams launched rescue operations to extricate those buried under the debris. They pulled out one injured labourer and shifted him to a hospital, the sources said.
Family members of the labourers present at the site said around six workers engaged at the site at the time of the incident came under the debris when the structure collapsed. The family members said while two of the labourers managed to escape, four got trapped.
The sources said those trapped included the husband of a woman labourer, a mason, an unmarried labourer and a relative of the contractor.
There was no official confirmation on the exact number of persons trapped under the debris till the filing of this report.
The rescue operations are ongoing.
