Sukri Bommagowda continues to be stable
The Hindu
MANGALURU
Padma Shri award winner Sukri Bommagowda, who is in the intensive care unit of a private hospital in the city, continues to be stable.
Due to breathing problems and occasional dizziness for the last six months, Ms. Bommagowda, who is 80, was admitted to the KMC Hospital, near Ambedkar Circle, here on Saturday. A team of doctors carried out a procedure to insert a pace-maker on Sunday morning.
District Health and Family Welfare Officer M. Kishore Kumar said that Ms. Bommagowda has been treated for a heart-related problem. “I met her in the ICU. She is stable,” Dr. Kumar said.
Ms. Bommagowda, a folk artiste from Halakki tribal from Ankola taluk of Uttara Kannada, has been a repository of folk culture of her tribe. She has been actively involved in several green initiatives. She has also been campaigning for education of girls.
While residents are worried over deaths due to diarrhoea in Vijayawada, officials still grapple to find the root cause. Contaminated drinking water supplied by VMC officials is the reason, insist people in the affected areas, but officials insist that efforts are on to identify the disease and that those with symptoms other than diarrhoea too are visiting the health camps.