Farm worker dies at Singhu border 2 days after reaching stir site
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Farm worker dies at Singhu border 2 days after reaching stir site
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DASUYA: A 37-year-old farm labourer from Randhawa village in Punjab’s Dasuya died at the Singhu border protest on Monday. The deceased was identified as Nirmal Singh. He had arrived at the protest site with farmers and labourers on Saturday. “ On Sunday, Singh complained of fever. We took him to the medical facility at the protest site and he was examined and given medication. He felt fine afterwards. On Monday, he started feeling unwell again and doctors found his blood pressure to be drastically down,” said Pritpal Singh, who was part of the group. “We took him to a private hospital. He was discharged later after he appeared normal. We did not want to take any risk and decided to take him to Panipat civil hospital,” he added. However, he collapsed on the way and could not be resuscitated, Pritpal said.
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The Times of India
Date
2021-01-20
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India