Shivamogga: Public outrage after govt hospital doctors carry post-mortem using mobile phone torches
Shivamogga: In a shocking incident, doctors at the government hospital in Ripponpet town of Hosanagar taluk allegedly performed a post-mortem examination using the light of a mobile phone torch. This incident occurred recently when the hospital's mortuary was devoid of electricity.
The unfortunate incident unfolded after a local resident in Puramath passed away due to a heart attack. Subsequently, the body was transferred to the Ripponpet Government Hospital for a post-mortem examination. However, owing to the power outage at the mortuary, the doctors had no choice but to resort to using torchlights from their mobile phones to carry out the examination.
The local community has expressed their deep shock and anger over the power cut in the hospital mortuary. They stated that they have voiced their concerns to the elected representatives and government officials, demanding immediate action to address the issue but their pleas seem to have fallen on deaf ears as the higher authorities have shown negligence in resolving the ongoing problems faced by the hospital.
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"The hospital currently operates with only two doctors during the daytime, and there is no medical staff available during the night. Despite bringing this matter to the attention of local elected representatives and government officials, no substantial action has been taken to improve the facilities at the hospital. This indicates a complete lack of concern from the higher authorities regarding the challenges we encounter," voiced the locals, urging the officials responsible to take prompt action to rectify the situation.
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574 players for IPL auctions: 366 Indians, Pant, Iyer in top bracket, 13-year-old Vaibhav youngest
New Delhi, Nov 15: Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul and Arshdeep Singh will headline a 574-strong list of players with top base price of Rs 2 crore at the upcoming Indian Premier League auction scheduled in Saudi Arabia's Jeddah on November 24 and 25.
Thirteen-year-old India U-19 cricketer Vaibhav Suryavanshi from Bihar is the youngest among the lot at Rs 30 lakh base price.
The BCCI on Friday pruned the initial list of 1574 players down to 574 out of which 366 are Indians and 208 from overseas. All the current India players are in top base price bracket.
Apart from Pant, set to be the costliest buy at the auction with a team like Punjab Kings aiming to go the distance with Rs 110.50 crore in its kitty, the other big names include IPL winning captain Shreyas Iyer, India's most prolific T20I bowler Arshdeep Singh, KL Rahul, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal and Avesh Khan.
There are 81 players in the top bracket while 27 are in Rs 1.5 crore category. There are 18 in the Rs 1.25 crore category while 23 have priced themselves at Rs 1 crore.
Jos Buttler of England also enjoys the top base price bracket of Rs 2 crore along with countrymen Harry Brook and Jonny Bairstow while the retired James Anderson, at Rs 1.25 crore base price, has made it to the curtailed list despite T20 not being his strongest format.
The biggest names in the top bracket from overseas are Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje from South Africa, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Mitchell Starc from Australia. Marco Jansen and Rachin Ravindra are priced at Rs 1.25 crore.
There are 48 capped Indians while 193 are capped overseas players.
Former India U-19 World Cup winning skipper Unmukt Chand, who has migrated to the United States, has made the cut as Associate member nation player while seamer Saurabh Nethravalkar, who was a revelation during T20 World Cup, wasn't shortlisted.
Italy's Thomas Draca, who plays for MI Emirates, also didn't make the cut.
