Ex-CM and JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy undergoes heart surgery at Chennai hospital
Bengaluru: Former Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Thursday underwent a "successful" heart surgery at Chennai's Apollo Hospital, his son and JD(S) leader Nikhil Kumaraswamy said.
This was the 64-year-old JD(S) state President's third such procedure after the ones in December 2007 and September 2017.
"With the wishes of fans, well-wishers, all JD(S) workers, people of the state, and by the grace of god, my father is healthy," Nikhil posted on 'X'.
"Heartfelt thanks on behalf of our family to everyone who prayed for my father's health. We are indebted to your love and trust," he added.
Kumaraswamy's brother H D Revanna, a former minister, said he would be back in Bengaluru on March 25 and thereafter undertake campaigning for the Lok Sabha polls.
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Kumaraswamy, a diabetic, on Tuesday said there is a flaw in his arteries' functioning since he was born.
"These tissue valves were put two times in the past, whose life span is 9-10 years. Issues had cropped up during my Israel visit (2017) ten years after the first valve was put. The second one has been damaged in six years, because after treatment, within 15-20 days, I started travelling to organise the party for the 2018 assembly polls," he said, stating that the hectic schedule might have had an adverse impact.
This time doctors have assured him that advanced treatment is available, he further said, adding that a doctor had also flown in from the USA, who is the student of his brother-in-law and noted cardiologist Dr C N Manjunath. Kumaraswamy had suffered a stroke in August last year.
ಮಾಜಿ ಮುಖ್ಯಮಂತ್ರಿಗಳು ಹಾಗೂ ನನ್ನ ಪೂಜ್ಯ ತಂದೆಯವರಾದ ಶ್ರೀ ಹೆಚ್.ಡಿ.ಕುಮಾರಸ್ವಾಮಿ ಅವರಿಗೆ ಚೆನ್ನೈನ ಅಪೋಲೋ ಆಸ್ಪತ್ರೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಇಂದು ಅತ್ಯಂತ ಯಶಸ್ವಿಯಾಗಿ ಹೃದಯ ಶಸ್ತ್ರಚಿಕಿತ್ಸೆ ನಡೆಯಿತು.
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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.
