Bihar heatwave alert: Election duty official passes away due to heatstroke as death toll in the state rises to 19

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ANI.He added, “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. " Dr Sahil Raj noted that many patients have been sent home after treatment, while others are undergoing treatment.Dr Sahil Raj informed ANI that a teacher named Shahnawaz Khan, who was on duty with him, suffered a heatstroke.

He did not wake up from his sleep after returning home from election duty. Subsequently, he was reported dead."Have sent four bodies for postmortems who had died due to heat stroke to different places. ANI quoted assistant sub-inspector of police Satish Kumar Ravi, stationed at Mohania police station, as saying.Bhojpur District Magistrate Mahendra Kumar said, "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," reported ANI.Mahendra Kumar noted that a medical team is on alert. He further said that polling personnel or police personnel will be escorted to hospital if they face any problems. He said, "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