Toddler dies in accidental shooting in US
New York, July 21 : A two-year-old girl has died after being accidentally shot by her four-year-old cousin who got hold of a gun at a home in the US state of California, said police.
The 53-year-old grandfather of the victim has been arrested for child endangerment, KABC TV reported.
The shooting happened around 9 a.m. at a home in Duffy Street in San Bernardino's Muscoy area on Friday, the sheriff's office told the media.
A neighbour said: "When they brought her out, she had a little patch right here over her chest. It didn't look like a big hole. They were pumping her as they put her in the ambulance."
The boy allegedly involved in the shooting was also visibly distraught as he was carried out of the home, KABC TV reported.
She died about an hour after being hospitalised. The adults of the house were taken to the Sheriff' s Department headquarters for questioning, the San Bernardino Sun reported.
After several interviews, investigators determined Cesar Lopez, the victim's grandfather, had left the gun in a place accessible to kids.
Lopez was arrested and will be booked for child endangerment and felon in possession of a firearm, the sheriff's office said. Neighbours termed the incident "devastating" and said people who got guns have to lock them up away from kids.
In 2018 alone 7,971 people have died in the US due to gun violence, of whom 381 are children, not for profit organisation gunviolencearchive.org said.
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Daycare chemotherapy centres to be set up in district hospitals, announces Dr. Sharanaparakash Patil
Belagavi: Medical Education Minister Dr. Sharanaparakash Rudrappa Patil on Tuesday said the State government plans to establish day-care chemotherapy centres in all district hospitals across Karnataka to make cancer treatment more accessible.
Replying to a question raised by BJP MLC M.P. Kushalappa during the Question Hour in the Legislative Council, the minister said it was not feasible for cancer patients from various districts to travel repeatedly to Kidwai Memorial Institute in Bengaluru. To address this issue, the government is taking steps to establish cancer care centers in other districts in collaboration with the Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology.
Providing details of cancer treatment at Kidwai, Dr. Patil said that over the past three years, 41,512 cancer patients have received treatment at the institute. Treatment included surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, or a combination of these, depending on the type and stage of cancer.
Between 2022 and 2024, a total of 12,781 patients underwent surgery, 14,423 patients received radiation therapy, and over 28,370 patients were administered chemotherapy, he said.
The minister further noted that more than 110 patients were provided bone marrow transplants, an otherwise expensive procedure, free of cost at the institute during the same period.
The proposed day-care chemotherapy centers, he said, would significantly reduce the burden on patients and improve access to timely cancer treatment at the district level.
