Devotees in an event

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Three Devotees Die Due To Heat & Humidity At Religious Gathering, CM Expresses Condolences

Heat & humidity resulted in the death of three-elderly people during a festival in West Bengal.  The deceased were devotees, attending the religious gathering "Doi Chirey Mela", in Panihati, North 24 Parganas. "Distressed to know of 3 old devotees' death due to heat and humidity in Danda Mahotsav at ISKCON temple at Panihati. CP and DM have rushed, all help being provided," said CM Mamata Banerjee.

Mon, 13 Jun 2022 - 02:05 PM / by Varsha Joshi

Tags: West Bengal, religious event, Devotees Died, North 24 Parganas, Humidity

Bengal covid report confusion

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COVID Recovered Declared Dead; WB's Hospital Exchanged Report Mistakenly

Confused between two patients, Bengal’s Balaram Basu hospital declared a Covid-19 recovered patient as dead. The hospital staff carelessly swapped the reports of two Covid patients - Mohinimohan Mukheerjee and Shibidas Banerjee of Khardah district. Surprisingly, Shibidas(75) shocked his family after he arrived at his death ceremony. The blunder surfaced only after the hospital staff called Mukherjee’s family informing that Mohinimohan has… read-more

Sun, 22 Nov 2020 - 03:03 PM / by Bhavyata Kagrana

Tags: West Bengal, Covid-19, Balaram Basu hospital, North 24 Parganas

Courtesy: Hindustan Times