Indian Boy In Critical Condition After Drinking Kerosene
Category : Poverty & New Ideas to Combat Poverty
This story which happened three days ago, is unfortunately another all-too common occurrence in both the “developing” and “developed” worlds – kerosene ingestion. The online article can be found here.
Times of India 4 Feb 2008, 0146 hrs Indian Standard Time,
NAGPUR, India: A 16-year-old teenager is fighting for life after mysteriously consuming kerosene at his Indira nagar residence on Saturday evening. The condition of Amit Damodar Sontakke, admitted at Dande hospital at Ravi Nagar, is said to be serious.
Sontakke had reportedly consumed kerosene in presence of his family members. “His family members applied some kerosene on his hand where he had some hurt injuries but no one has any clue why he ended up drinking the liquid too. In fact, his family members could have stopped him from doing so in their presence,” said Dr Pinak Dande, who has already informed Ambazari police station about the case after the teenager was admitted. The teenager’s father works as a casual labourer and was present at the home when Sontakke somehow gulped down kerosene. Ambazari police staffers reportedly returned empty-handed after they turned up for statement of the teenager.
A sub-inspector of Ambazari police station maintained that Sontakke was not fit enough to record his statement.
“Police would prepare the documents before handing over the case to Wadi police station in due course of time,” the officer said.
Meanwhile, Dr Dande said that the condition of the teenager is still unstable and critical after his lungs developed some kind of infection.
Copyright © 2008 Times Internet Limited.
This article has been categorized under “solidarity” because it’s something that happens both at home and abroad – in high-income as well as low-income nations. Accidental kerosene ingestion is a perhaps the most common type of poisoning in the world.
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