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Nurse who committed suicide in Saudi Arabia 72 days ago, laid to rest in Udupi

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September 28, 2018

Udupi, Sept 28: A 28-year-old nurse who had allegedly committed suicide in Saudi Arabia 72 days ago, was finally laid to rest at Our Lady of Health Church cemetery in Shirva, Udupi district, on Friday, a day after her body reached India.

Hundreds of people attended the funeral Hazel Jyotsna Mathias, who hailed from Kutyar village near Shirva. 

She had been working as staff nurse in Al-Mikhwa General Hospital, Al-Baha, in Saudi Arabia for six years. She allegedly committed suicide in Al-Baha in July. The arrival of her body was delayed owing to investigations in Saudi Arabia.

The body was brought by a flight to Bengaluru and by an ambulance to Shirva on Thursday. It was brought to the family home at Kutyar on Friday. Her husband Ashwin Mathias, father Robert Machado and mother Helen Machado were present.

Later the body was taken to the church in Shirva.

Speaking to presspersons, Joseph D’Souza, a relative of Hazel, said that Hazel committed suicide in Al-Baha on July 19 as she could not tolerate harassment by a Saudi national. The information of the death had reached the family after two days. The family then contacted Ivan D’Souza, MLC, to get the body back. “The government should help Indians abroad. We do not want any family to suffer what we have undergone in the last two months,” he said.

Mr. Ivan D’Souza said that Hazel had written a death note in which she had stated that she was harassed by an ambulance driver. He had learnt that the person, who had harassed her, had been imprisoned in Saudi Arabia.

The Ministry of External Affairs should take cases of unnatural deaths of Indians seriously. It had taken 72 days to get Hazel’s body back here. He said he had also written to the 28 MPs on the delay in getting the body back. Proper protection should be provided to Indians working abroad, he said.

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ASIF ROSHAN
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Sunday, 30 Sep 2018

All crdit goos to KNRI jeddah team, they have put all eforts to clear this issue. 

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January 19,2020

Davanagere, Jan 19: Seven people, including four women, were arrested for allegedly selling a 13-month-old female baby here on Saturday.

Police said that the baby was sold to a couple who had no child. The couple hailed from Ranebennur town in Haveri District of Karnataka. They sold the baby, which was their fourth child.

The arrested were identified as Kavita (26) and her husband Manjunath (couple who sold the baby), Dakshayani (34) and her husband Ravi (49) of Ranebennur, Haveri District (the couple who purchased the baby, Chitramma (44) Nurse, Kamalamma (45) and Karibasappa, who acted as middlemen for the deal.

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January 15,2020

Bantwal, Jan 15: Two people died in a head-on collision between two two-wheelers at Mani-Mysuru Highway in Bantwal last night, police said on Wednesday.

Police said that Parikshit (19) and Padmanabha Gowda (28) were heading towards Mane while Mohammed Ajmal (19) on his activa was on his way towards Kodaje when they collided head-on.

All the victims were immediately rushed to hospital for treatment where two of them breathed its last after not responding to the treatment.

Parikshit and Ajmal lost their lives while Gowda suffered critical injuries, the police said.

In another road accident reported from Kodangayi near Radukatte in Vittla, seven people including women and children sustained injuries when a Maruti Omni and another vehicle collided here on Tuesday evening.

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August 7,2020

Bengaluru, Aug 7: Amid the rising number of COVID-19 cases in Karnataka, the state's health department issued fresh guidelines for the disposal of bodies of COVID patients.

"Although an increased risk of COVID infection from a dead body to health workers or family members who follow standard precautions while handling the body is unlikely, the lack of scientific data requires the utmost care to avoid the inadvertent spread of COVID-19 during these times," the statement from the health department's press release read, emphasising on the dignity of the dead and the religious and cultural tradition.

The 23-page press release elaborated on guidelines regarding testing, handling of dead bodies and other specificities in relation to the management of COVID-19 bodies.

"Testing should not be insisted in every case of death, but only when they have a recorded history of influenza-like symptoms. The body should be handed over to the family members/ relatives in a dignified manner immediately after swab collection and hospitals should provide handouts with a list of dos and don'ts in English and Kannada laying down relevant information," the statement said.

It added, "At the mortuary, health care workers, mortuary staff and the family of the deceased body shall not come in direct contact with the dead body and must wear full personal protective equipment (PPE). If the family or relative are for any reason unable to cremate or bury the body, the local health authority shall arrange for the dignified last rites as per the religious traditions of the family."

Regarding autopsies (post mortem) on COVID-19 bodies, the state department said that they should be avoided, except in necessary circumstances.

The statement also gave detailed guidelines regarding the appropriate recording of COVID-19 deaths in line with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) guidelines.

Additionally, the health department made a statement about the admission procedure for COVID positive patients referred by other district administrations saying, "It is now mandatory for all the referrals from the BBMP admission and discharge of COVID positive patients to be done through the online COVID Hospital Bed Management System (CHBMS)."

The state's count of coronavirus cases was 1,51,449 in the past 24 hours.

So far, a total of 2,804 people have died due to COVID-19 in the state, while the average recovery rate in Karnataka is 49.3 per cent.

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