Sagaya Fernando Mumbai: 6 November 22 A team of doctors at Apollo Multispecialty hospital in Triuchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India, saved the life of a 33-years-old man whose neck was pierced through by a feet long iron rod. Karthikeyan, a resident of Ariyamangalam in the city, was watering the concrete slabs on the first floor of his under-construction house when he accidentally slipped and fell 15 to 20 feet down, on October 15. As he fell, a 5 feet long iron rod with serrated edges pierced through his neck and came out from the back. “Within fifteen minutes of the mishap, his relatives rushed him to our hospital which is in close vicinity,” informed Apollo Multispecialty Hospital, Triuchirappalli, Consultant General, Laparoscopic and Bariatric Surgeon Dr Mohamed Mansoor, who led the operating team. “On evaluation in emergency, it was seen that he had a 5 feet long iron rod penetrating into the anterior aspect of neck and exiting the posterior aspect of neck.
Story by Sagaya Fernando
Mumbai: February 27, 2018
A mahout (caretaker/driver of an elephant) had a narrow escape in India after the elephant he was riding on went berserk.
The incident took place at Ettumanoor Mahadeva Temple at Kottayam district in the southern Indian state of Kerala in the early hours of February 26 during temple festivities.
Videos shot by bystanders show the hapless mahout sitting atop an ornamented and apparently tormented elephant as part of the temple parade. The tusker lost its cool and suddenly turned violent after another jumbo jabbed it with its tusk.
The elephant tried to shake down the mahout with vigorous body movements. The tusker can be seen vigorously moving its head and shaking its body, all the while even as the mahout can be seen clinging to his dear life. In the commotion that followed, a stampede-like situation prevailed and several people were injured.
A few people, safely perched atop the temple structure just above the angry pachyderm, threw a rope down and the mahout grabbed it and was lifted up to safety. As soon as the mahout was pulled up, onlookers can be seen heaving a sigh of relief and cheering.
This incident has once again raised questions about the treatment of captive elephants in India, especially the temple elephants of Kerala.
“Elephants in captivity are being exploited for profit in tourism and in festivals under the guise of religion. Many are forced to stand still for hours on end to bless devotees. It is not in the nature of elephants to be immobile. In their natural habitats in the jungles they continuously walk on foraging for food, but in captivity they are chained and kept immobile which frustrates them and makes them run amok,” says wildlife activist Suparna Ganguly who is the Co-founder Trustee of Compassion Unlimited Plus Action (CUPA) and Wildlife Rescue & Rehabilitation Centre (WRRC), Bengaluru.
She further added, “These tuskers are forced to walk in blistering heat on hot tar roads, stand at one place continuously thereby causing pain to their legs. The captive elephants also get agitated by loud noise like bursting crackers and confined space. Moreover, they are paraded even during their musth -- an annual cycle when the male elephants are in their peak mating season, characterized by highly aggressive behavior. Unable to withstand the heat and pain, elephants run amok.”
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