Kerala’s woman ambulance driver focuses on landslide relief amid personal loss
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Kerala’s woman ambulance driver focuses on landslide relief amid personal loss

Hindustan Times  

After the devastating landslides in Kerala's Wayanad district, Deepa Joseph's ambulance was a constant presence on the roads, ferrying the injured and the deceased from the disaster zone. Wayanad landslides: The heartbreaking scenes unfolded as internal organs, severed limbs, and bodies were crushed beyond recognition. A strong woman who became the first female ambulance driver in Kerala, Deepa couldn't control her tears as she recounted the horrible scenes she witnessed in the temporary morgue at Meppadi and while transporting the body parts of victims. The heartbreaking scenes unfolded in the following days, and as internal organs, severed limbs, and bodies were crushed beyond recognition, Deepa thought she could not bear it anymore. The gases emanating from the bodies blurred our vision," Deepa, who thought of going back the next day while coming to Wayanad, not realising the magnitude of the disaster, recounted how she had to continue to lend her helping hand for the remaining days.

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Wayanad landslide survivors recall scary experiences
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Wayanad landslide survivors recall scary experiences

The Hindu  

Avanthika is in deep sleep at the orthopaedics ward of Dr. Moopen’s Medical College Hospital, Wayanad, near Meppadi. “Please don’t wake my child now, she will start asking for her parents and brother,” Avanthika’s grandmother Lakshmi implores a nurse passing by. Avanthika lost her father Prashob, an autorickshaw driver, mother Vijayalakshmi, a tea estate worker at Harrisons Malayalam Plantation, and …

Wayanad Landslide: Rescue & Relief Operation Underway, Watch Big Updates Of The Hour Only On ABP News
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Wayanad Landslide: Rescue & Relief Operation Underway, Watch Big Updates Of The Hour Only On ABP News

ABP News  

A massive landslide in Wayanad district, Kerala, late Monday night has left many people affected. President Droupadi Murmu, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, and several other leaders have expressed their condolences over the tragedy. Rescue operations in Wayanad are being conducted swiftly, with the Indian Army, Air Force, Navy, NDRF, and local administration …

Wayanad Landslide: Heart-Wrenching Videos Surface as Rescue Operation Continues in Kerala | ABP News
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Wayanad Landslide: Heart-Wrenching Videos Surface as Rescue Operation Continues in Kerala | ABP News

ABP News  

A massive landslide in Wayanad district, Kerala, late Monday night has left many people affected. President Droupadi Murmu, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, and several other leaders have expressed their condolences over the tragedy. Rescue operations in Wayanad are being conducted swiftly, with the Indian Army, Air Force, Navy, NDRF, and local administration …

Kerala health centre grapples with tragedy as bodies rushed in
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Kerala health centre grapples with tragedy as bodies rushed in

Hindustan Times  

It is 3pm on Wednesday afternoon, and a voice ripples through the gathered crowd. The ambulancerushes into the single storey Family Health Centre in Meppadi, 13 kilometres away from the landslide-hit villages of Chooralmala in Wayanad district. Two days after multiple landslides hit Chooralmala and Mandukkai in Kerala’s Wayanad, leaving at last count 194 people dead, it is this small …

Kerala landslide: Houses washed away; many still missing
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Kerala landslide: Houses washed away; many still missing

Hindustan Times  

Those frantic hours were a whirlwind, fresh in 33-year-old Safna Tuttu’s mind. Our house was not affected till then because we were on slightly higher ground, and we ran over and rescued her family,” Safna said. The family ran out of the house, just as many others did, and together, they took an old village road to climb to higher …

International Women's Day: Kerala Gets its First Woman Ambulance Driver in Government Sector
2 years, 9 months ago

International Women's Day: Kerala Gets its First Woman Ambulance Driver in Government Sector

News 18  

The Kerala government on Tuesday appointed the first woman ambulance driver under its emergency medical response network, marking the International Women’s Day. State Health Minister Veena George handed over the key of an ambulance under the health department’s trauma care project- KANIV-108 – to Deepamol, the newly recruited driver. The minister said more women would be appointed as ambulance drivers …

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