Death toll in jallikattuin Pudukottai district rises to 2
The Hindu
About 50 persons were injured in the event, held on Friday
The death toll in Friday’s jallikattu held at Thirunallur village in Pudukottai district has risen to two, with the death of a person at the Tiruchi Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Government Hospital late on Friday night.
While V. Pandi Murugan (20), a bull owner of Keezhapatti near Inamkulathur in Tiruchi district was gored to death by a bull during the event, P. Mani (45) of Thimmayampatti village near Ilupur, who had sustained injuries on his stomach on being gored by a bull, died at the hospital. Mani is said to have accompanied a bull owner to the event.
The girl, who was admitted to Aster CMI Hospital with alarming breathlessness and significant pallor, was diagnosed with Wegener’s Granulomatosis (now known as Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis or GPA), a rare autoimmune condition that causes spontaneous bleeding in the lungs, leading to acute respiratory failure.
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