Refusing to believe his son’s death, man travels to Odisha, finds son alive at mortuary
Bhubaneswar: A Kolkata man who refused to believe his son's death in the Odisha train accident travelled more than 200 km in search of him and finally found him alive in the mortuary, reports TOI.
Helaram Malik received the news about the accident within few hours after he dropped his son, Biswajit off at Shalimar station to board the Coromandel Express. Upon hearing the news, Helaram called his son who answered his call in a feeble voice saying he was alive but in terrible pain.
Helaram did not waste a moment and decided to travel 230 km to the crash site at Odisha’s Balasore. he got in touch with a local ambulance driver, Palash Pandit. Accompanied by his brother-in-law Dipak Das, they reached Balasore on Friday night.
However he could not find his son even after searching for him at all the hospitals where train crash victims were being treated. Later on someone's suggestion they went to look for him at Bahanaga high school, where the bodies of the victims were kept.
They were not allowed to watch the bodies at the makeshift morgue, however when the commotion broke because some people saw a victim's right hand shivering. To their surprise the hand belonged to Biswajit who was unconscious and had suffered serious injuries in the crash; he had been presumed dead and kept in the morgue.
He was immediately taken to Balasore hospital in an ambulance where he received treatment.
“Given his condition, they referred him to Cuttack Medical College Hospital, but we signed a bond and got him discharged,” Das told TOI
Biswajit then got admitted to SSKM Hospital in Kolkata for further treatment. His condition was serious but stable.
Experts told TOI that Biswajit’s body entered a state of suspended animation where a person's vitals slow down to a bare minimum. Since the rescue operations were done mainly by non-medical persons, they mistook him for being dead.
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Bantwal: Ex-soldier dies after casting vote at home
Bantwal, Apr 24: Madhava Prabhu, an 85-year-old resident of Wagga in Bantwal, exemplified unwavering commitment to his civic duty even in the face of illness.
Admitted to a private hospital here owing to his ailment, Prabhu, a former army officer and inspector of Malaria Eradication department, died without responding to treatment on Wednesday.
Amidst his illness, Prabhu was determined to exercise his right to vote, especially with the provision for home voting for those aged 85 and above.
With the doctor's permission, he left the hospital briefly to fulfil his sacred duty on Tuesday. However, fate had a cruel twist in store as Prabhu's condition worsened upon his return to the hospital.
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Tragically, he passed away today, leaving behind his wife, two daughters, and sons.
Prabhu's life epitomizes dedication and service, from his tenure in the army to his role in the Malaria Eradication Department and his involvement in community affairs as vice president of the Multi-Purpose Co-operative Society.
His commitment to duty and his final act of voting serve as a poignant reminder of the importance of civic engagement, even in the most challenging circumstances.
