Woman injured in RCC lift collapse dies
The Hindu
The under-repair lift was allegedly left open and had no warning sign
A 22-year-old woman who sustained grievous injuries last month when a lift under repair at the Regional Cancer Centre (RCC) here collapsed died at Government Medical College Hospital (MCH) here a little before 1 a.m. on Thursday. Nadeera, a resident of Kundayam, Pathanapuram, Kollam, was injured on May 15 when she entered a lift under repair at the RCC and it collapsed from the third level to the first level. The lift was allegedly left open and there was no warning sign. Nadeera, a mother of a small child, was at the RCC to take care of her mother who was admitted there. She sustained serious injuries to her spine and head, fractured her femur, and lost her teeth in the accident and was admitted to the neurosurgery ICU at the MCH, hospital authorities said.The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.