1. H1N1 Claims Another Life in Kolkata
A 63-year-old man who tested positive for H1N1 died at the AMRI Hospital in Salt Lake on Tuesday, 25 December.
Asit Basu, a resident of Dum Dum, was admitted to the hospital on 14 December. His death certificate mentions sepsis with multiple organ failure because of H1N1 and influenza A as cause of death.
Doctors said that the patient was rushed to the hospital with acute respiratory distress. Along with the swine flu, the patient was affected by severe pneumonia. His death certificate also mentions pneumonia and disseminated intravascular coagulation among the causes of death.
“This patient came in with acute respiratory problem, Though he was being managed with non-invasive ventilation, we had to switch over to mechanical ventilation later due to his deteriorating condition,” said Dr Susruta Bandyopadhyay. The patient was admitted under the critical care expert.
(Source: The Times of India)
2. Nirendranath Chakraborty Dead at 94
Eminent Bengali poet and Sahitya Akademi award winner Nirendranath Chakraborty passed away at a city hospital on Tuesday, 25 December, after suffering a cardiac arrest. He was 94 and is survived by two daughters. His wife died in January this year.
Hospital sources said Chakraborty was admitted to the private hospital on Monday due to age-related ailments and suffered the cardiac arrest at midnight.
“People like him and Dwijen Mukhopadhyay, who died yesterday, belonged to a golden era. This era will never return. It is a great loss for us and the Bengali community as whole,” said Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
(Source: The Indian Express)
3. Man Living With Mother’s Body Was Held for Assault Earlier This Year, Says Police
A man who was found to be living with his mother’s decomposed body at their Salt Lake home on Monday, 24 December, had been jailed for three months earlier this year on assault charge.
Maitro Bhattacharya was detained after the body of his mother – 77-year-old Krishna Bhattacharya – was found lying in a room in their house on Beadon Street.
Maitro had informed an acquaintance, Tarun Kumar Porel, about his mother’s death. Sources said Porel had alerted the CID and the Bidhannagar police was informed later.
(Source: The Indian Express)
4. With Yatra in a Jam, Bengal BJP Feud Accelerates
Differences in the faction-ridden Bengal unit of the BJP have spilled into the open after Calcutta High Court slammed the brakes on the party’s Ganatantra Banchao Yatra (Save Democracy march).
State leaders have been closeted in meetings and multiple sources indicated they have not been on the same page on a programme on which the BJP has been banking on in the run-up to the Lok Sabha polls next year.
“There was no point moving court seeking permission for the yatras. The decision was a blunder and brought out communication gaps within the state unit,” said a senior state BJP functionary.
According to him, state president Dilip Ghosh has acknowledged that the legal tangle has demoralised BJP workers and supporters.
(Source: The Telegraph)
5. Boy Dies After Statue Falls on Him
A 15-year-old boy, Rupam Sarkar, died late on Monday, 24 December, after a statue of Swami Vivekananda fell on him inside Swamiji Park in Michael Nagar under the Airport police station.
According to eyewitnesses, Rupam was playing near the statue in the afternoon when the incident occured.
Police said the Class 7 student of a local school had been hanging from the raised platform of the statue when it toppled over. He was rushed to RG Kar Hospital where he died of his injuries on Monday night.
(Source: The Times of India)
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