Crocodile strolls into Karnataka village Sumesh Rajan 4 July 2021 A huge crocodile made a surprise visit to Kogilban village near the resort town of Dandeli in Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka, on July 1, scaring the wits out of the villagers. The reptile had come out of the nearby Kali river, which meanders through the Kali Tiger Reserve (earlier known as Dandeli-Anshi Tiger Reserve), in the district. Fortunately, it did not attack anyone, nor the humans following it at a distance or those taking videos of it. The crocodile walked at a leisurely pace and did not even bother the stray dogs that came near it. The villagers contacted the forest department officials who rushed to the spot and captured it, before releasing it unharmed into the river. According to wildlife officials, Kali river has a sizable population of crocodiles. Keeping that in mind, a crocodile park has been set up in Dandeli.
Doctors save man choking on live fish that slithered into his mouth
Sagaya Fernando
Mumbai: 26 April 2020
60-year-old Kadalaparambil Krishnan, suffering from
speech impairment since young, has been fishing in the freshwater canal near
his house at Edakkazhiyur near the town of Chavakkad in coastal Kerala, India,
since childhood. On 21st April, it was like any other day for him
after a netting a catch of karimeen (Pearl
Spot) fish. While picking the catch from the net, he suddenly collapsed on to
the ground. It was gathered later that, while collecting the fishes from the
net, he was holding onto the live fish by his teeth while reaching out to
gather the other fishes caught in the net, when the fish slipped from his teeth
and went deep into his throat.
When people standing in the vicinity rushed to his
help, unable to speak he motioned his hands towards his mouth and that’s when they
realized that a live fish had slithered deep into his mouth and he was choking
on it. Krishnan’s son and son-in-law who were informed about the incident put him
on a motorbike and rushed to the nearest hospital at Chavakkad, but the doctors
there referred him to a better equipped Amala Institute of Medical Sciences
located in Thrissur, about 25 kms away.
“Krishnan was gasping for breath and was in a serious
condition when he was brought to our hospital,” informed ENT specialist and Associate
Professor Dr Arjun G Menon of Amala Hospital who attended on the patient.
He further added, “There was
no time to shift the patient to an operation theatre as he was gasping when he
reached our hospital casualty, and so we decided to conduct the extraction of
the fish from his throat without any further delay.”
“Luckily
for Krishnan, somewhere there was space for air entry hence did not die.
The brain is extremely sensitive to the complete lack of oxygen for even 6 to 8
minutes,” said he.
“The extraction procedure lasted less than 10 minutes
wherein the entire karimeen fish was
pulled out of the patient’s throat and we were able to save Krishnan’s life,”
said Dr Menon.
“It is a rare incident, and the timely medical help
saved his life,” said he.
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