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Seafarer's health not attended to during voyage; Lies critical in M'lore hospital

[email protected] (Abrar Ahmed Khan)
June 13, 2012

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Mangalore, June 13: In one of the rooms of the city's Colaco Hospital, Purushottam Nayar and Jalaja Kumari from Cochin are found sitting wearing a worrisome look, courtesy the critical condition of their son Arun P Nair, a seafarer who fell ill during his voyage. Currently, he lies unconscious in the ICU of the city's hospital.


According to Mr. Arun's relative Sunil, he joined the voyage in the ship 'M T Pratibha Cauvery' from Kolkata on May 31. Mr. Arun fell ill during the course of the journey and although his health condition was deteriorating, he was not paid attention to, his family members grouse.

Speaking to Coastaldigest.com, Mr. and Mrs. Nair alleged that ship's captain had not paid attention to the deteriorating health of their 21 year old son while on voyage.

The primary grouse of Mr. Arun's relatives is that he could have been dropped in Cochin, his hometown. “The ship was on its way from Chennai to Cochin when we received a call from his colleagues that he is ill. His colleagues had requested the ship captain to drop him at Cochin but the ship captain did not pay heed. He did not even inform the shipping company. When we called up the shipping company back then, they said they have no information. Arun was ill for the past ten days and could not eat and drink properly. Considering his deteriorating health condition, the ship authorities could have taken early action but they delayed things without giving him proper medical attention and today his condition has worsened”, says Ms. Baby, the sea farer's aunt.

The young seafarer was holding the rank D/GRSR (Oiler) in the ship. He has a contract with the Pratibha Shipping Company, Mumbai. He had left to Mumbai three months ago and later on was sent to Calcutta by his company where he joined the voyage.

Mr. Arun was in a pitiable state when he was dropped at Mangalore, say his relatives. “There was neither a single drop of water in his body, nor urine. He was so weak that he could not talk to his parents who received him at the Mangalore Port. They had not even arranged an ambulance for him and he could not sit in the car”, says Ms. Baby.

Mr. Arun was admitted to the city's hospital on Monday noon. He continues to lie unconscious and is reportedly suffering from the life threatening Septicemia infection besides Typhoid and ulcers in the throat.

The seafarer's relatives also say that they have not received his CDC, (the license given by the government for sea farers to enter ships) and his passport. “We have filed complaints with the Mercantile Marine Departments of Mangalore and Cochin. We have also filed a complaint with the Delhi branch of the International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF)”, said Manoj, another relative of Mr. Arun.
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Arun's parents and aunt



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The woman climbed down the well as other people attached a rope to her body during the rescue mission. Another rope was then thrown to her and she tied it around the dog after which it was pulled outside. The woman, thereafter, climbed outside the well with much difficulty.

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June 30,2020

Ballari, June 30: A video clip of dead bodies of covid-19 victims being disgracefully thrown into a pit said to be in Karnataka’s Ballari has gone viral on social media triggering outrage from netizens.

Ballari Deputy Commissioner SS Nakul ordered a probe. He told media persons that the veracity of the video is still under question and that it still needs to be established if the video was taken in Ballari.

In the video, a pit is seen which appears to be disinfected. The video features masked men covered in body suits bringing dead bodies from a black hearse van in black body bags one by one and throwing the dead bodies into the same pit. In all, three dead bodies are thrown into the same pit in the video.

"We have assigned an Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) to enquire and verify the same. We are awaiting reports. We don't know yet if it (the video) is from Ballari or not," Nakul said.

The district which has so far reported around 800 cases in the last three months has also witnessed around two dozen deaths.

Twitterati on Tuesday raised questions about the handling of the bodies. "Even dead have some respect and they deserved a decent burial," said a social activist from Ballari. Similar reactions echoed on social media and some also pointed out on how the family members who have to stay away from burials feel about it.

Covid burial protocol

According to the protocol set by the Union Health Ministry for the burial of Covid-19 patients, the patients' orifices (nose, mouth and ears) have to be sealed and the body has to be wrapped in three layers of personal protective equipment (PPE). Thereafter it should be placed in a body bag. Family members should not be allowed to accompany the body in the hearse van. Covid-19 victims have to be given a deep burial. The grave should be minimum 10-feet deep.

The grave should be disinfected with bleaching powder and the area should be cordoned off so that the general public is not in the vicinity.  The vehicle used to transport the dead body of a Covid-19 victim -- ambulance or a hearse van -- has to be disinfected for 16 hours before being used again. Most Covid-19 victims in the state have had burials in the absence of family members as they are generally in quarantine for being the primary contacts of the patient.

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July 7,2020

Puttur, Jul 7: A woman died after a wall of compound collapsed on her in Dakshina Kannada district on Tuesday, July 7. 

The victim was identified as Vasanti.

The wall got weakened due to heavy rain at Golithottu area in Puttur. Her body was sent to the post-mortem.

According to the police, the incident took place around 12.30pm when Vasanti was working in the backyard of her house.

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