Bhatkal: Manual worker dies after electricity pole falls on him
Bhatkal: Damodar Eerayya Gonda, a 32-year-old manual worker from Katagarakoppa Mullepala in Murdeshwar, succumbed to injuries sustained when an electricity pole fell on him while he was working at the HESCOM office. The tragic incident occurred on Friday.
Gonda was immediately rushed to a private hospital in Kundapur after the accident, where surgeons performed a successful operation to address grievous injuries to his thigh. However, complications arose as he developed breathing difficulties later on. Subsequently, he was transferred to a private hospital in Manipal for advanced medical care. Despite efforts, Gonda did not respond positively to treatment and passed away, sources confirmed.
Bhatkal Town Police have registered in this regard and are currently investigating the matter.
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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.
