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A diligent who arrived for attraction astatine the Pathanamthitta General Hospital connected Wednesday evening sustained injuries aft a jackfruit fell connected his head, prompting superior questions astir information connected infirmary premises.
The injured has been identified arsenic N. Gangadharan Nair, a autochthonal of Omalloor successful the district. The incidental occurred portion helium was waiting adjacent the pharmacy antagonistic to acquisition medicines aft consulting a doctor. The jackfruit fell from a histrion located adjacent the casualty block.
He sustained injuries to his head, knees and elbows. Hospital authorities instantly admitted him for treatment. After taking a CT scan and conducting different examinations, doctors said the injuries were minor.
Hospital authorities stated that an exertion had already been submitted to the Social Forestry section seeking support to chopped down the jackfruit tree. The infirmary Superintendent said patients had been instructed to enactment distant from the histrion and that steps had been taken to prune it. “There are immoderate different trees arsenic well. We person fixed applications for cutting them. Before that, I had instructed that the jackfruit histrion beryllium pruned,” the Superintendent said.
Meanwhile, the incidental triggered protests by the Youth Congress connected the infirmary premises. Alleging negligence and accusing the Health section of adopting treble standards, the protesters staged a objection nether the enactment of Youth Congress State caput Nahas Pathanamthitta.
