More than 120 folks suffered from heat-related well being points, like dehydration, due publicity to daylight on Sunday throughout a mega occasion in Navi Mumbai, the place social activist Dattatreya Narayan alias Appasaheb Dharmadhikari was given the Maharashtra Bhushan award, a authorities official stated.

Thirteen of those folks have been admitted to totally different native hospitals and the situation of one in all them is critical, the official stated. Lakhs of followers of Dharmadhikari attended the grand perform held on a sprawling 306-acre floor in Kharghar. Union Home Minister Amit Shah offered the award, instituted by the Maharashtra authorities, to Dharmadhikari. The occasion, for which individuals had began gathering since morning, started round 11.30 am and went on until round 1 pm. Many of them had arrived on Saturday. The floor was full of folks and geared up with audio/video amenities for followers of Shree Sadasya (Dharmadhikari’s organisation) to witness the perform. The seating association for the attendees was made within the open and there was no shed. ”A complete of 123 folks complained of heat-related well being illnesses, like dehydration in the course of the occasion. They have been instantly referred to the 30 medical cubicles arrange on the venue. Thirteen of the sufferers, who wanted additional remedy, have been shifted to totally different personal hospitals and the situation of one in all them is critical,” a income division official, who was on responsibility on the venue, stated. ”A complete of 30 docs have been deployed on the medical cubicles that had intensive care unit (ICU) amenities to deal with folks on the venue,” she stated. A physician at a civic hospital in Navi Mumbai’s Vashi stated that 5 sufferers have been admitted there for remedy after they complained of heat-related well being points. During the occasion, Shah stated he has by no means seen such a giant presence of lakhs of individuals to honour an individual for his social service. Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis have been additionally current on the event.

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