Bihar heatwave: At least 19 people have died as Bihar experiences intense heatwave conditions, with temperatures exceeding 44 degrees Celsius. In Bihar's Aurangabad, the death toll due to heatstroke conditions has reached 12, while four people died in Kaimur district, including a worker on election duty, on Thursday (May 30) and three people have died in Bihar's Arrah in Bhojpur district after suffering from extreme heatwaves in the region.
Dr Sahil Raj, a doctor at Kaimur's Mohania sub-divisional hospital, said that on Thursday, a total of about 40 people had come to the hospital who had been affected by heat stroke."Among them, two persons, including polling personnel, had come to me who died due to heat stroke. 30 to 40 people, including police personnel, are undergoing treatment. Many have been sent home after treatment, while others are undergoing treatment," he said.
Dr Raj said that a colleague who was on duty with him said that Shahnawaz Khan, a teacher by profession, had returned home after election duty. Khan remained sleeping at home and eventually died, he shared.
In Buxar, three people died, including a youth who was found on the roadside in the Sikraul police station area. Local people said that he died due to sunstroke.
19 people lost lives so far
In Nalanda, three persons lost their lives. The deceased included a teacher, a home guard Jawan and a farmer. The deceased home guard Jawan has been identified as Ramesh Prasad (54), teacher Vijay Kumar Sinha and farmer Surendra Prasad. In Rohtas, three people including a sub-inspector have died due to the heat stroke. In Bhojpur district, three persons died due to scorching heat. They have been identified as Chandrama Giri (80), Gupta Nath Sharma (60) and Keshav Prasad Singh (30).
In West Champaran, two people died due to heat stroke, including a 40-year-old unidentified person and a 16-year-old teenage boy named Golu. In Gopalganj, a tourist going to Nepal died due to a heat stroke. The deceased has been identified as Somnath Agra (60) a resident of Nashik, Maharashtra. A Head Constable, Nikku Ahuja, who came from Arunachal Pradesh for election duty in Arwal, also died due to heat stroke.
In Sheikhpura, an Anganwadi assistant died due to heat stroke while another farmer died in Begusarai. One more person died due to heat stroke in Aurangabad.
Assistant sub-inspector of police Satish Kumar Ravi posted at Mohania police station said that they have sent four bodies for postmortems who had died due to heat stroke to different places. Meanwhile, three people have died in Bihar's Arrah in Bhojpur district after suffering from an extreme heatwave in the region.
"Three people have been reported dead. One of them is a home guard who was brought to the hospital but could not be saved. In addition to this, there was a presiding officer in Jagdishpur who was on duty. He was stabilised and then referred, but he died in the hospital. Another person, Rajesh Ram, collapsed," Bhojpur District Magistrate Mahendra Kumar said.
Medical team on alert in Bihar
Speaking about the precautions that have been taken in the district amid the sweltering heat, Kumar said, "The temperature is very high today, and the heat wave is a challenge for us. We have kept the medical team on alert. If any polling personnel or police personnel face any problems, they are being taken to the hospital. Some people have recovered, but these three cases were unfortunate. Police and mobile medical teams are on alert in all hospitals. They will visit police residential areas. In case of complaints, they will be brought to the dedicated heat wave ward at the municipal hospital."
On conducting elections amid the extreme heatwave conditions in the district, Kumar said, "This is a challenge, but we need to hold elections as well. The polling party that will carry the EVMs has to follow all the dos and don'ts of the heatwave and try their best not to get out in the sun and facilitate the election process."
In Bihar's Aurangabad, the death toll due to heat wave conditions has reached 12, with more than 20 patients admitted in different hospitals across the district, officials from the Aurangabad Health Department said.
The Meteorological Department has issued an alert of severe heat waves for the next two days in Bihar. The maximum temperature in the majority of the districts was over 45 degrees Celsius.
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