10 People Die in Gujarat During 2023 Navratri
Heart attacks during Navratri Garba in Gujarat lead to investigations and a mandate for medical teams at events.
During the Navratri Garba event in Gujarat, ten people had a heart attack and passed away within 24 hours. Among those who lost their lives, there was a 24-year-old from Ahmedabad who suddenly collapsed while dancing Garba, and a 17-year-old who also had a similar experience and couldn't survive. It's a very sad and unfortunate situation. It's not easy to understand the real causes of these heart attack deaths during Garba.
Gujarat Health Minister Rushikesh Patel had held a meeting with some heart specialists, doctors and directed them to collect important data and do research to find out the exact reason of these deaths. Uttar Pradesh governor and former Gujarat CM Anandiben Patel also expressed concern over this issue and urged the health minister to conduct a study to find out the reasons behind the rising number of heart attacks in the state. According to a study by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, these deaths were not because of COVID-19, which is what some people thought. Among the six people who had heart attacks while dancing Garba, one of them was Veer Shah, a student in 12th class. His family said that he fainted due to a heart attack while playing garba at a ground. He was rushed to a hospital but died. In another incident, a 28-year-old man died due to sudden cardiac arrest when he was dancing on garba in Ahmedabad. In Vadodara, 55-year-old man was taken to a hospital after he collapsed on a garba ground in Harni area. He was declared dead on arrival by doctors. A 31 year old woman, and a 46 year old man died due to the same reason. Apart from these deaths linked to garba, as many as 22 people, including two women, died due to heart attack in different parts of Gujarat during the last one week. As per the data shared by the '108 ambulance service, they received multiple calls regarding cardiac relates emergencies. Before the Navratri festivities commenced, the state Health and Family Welfare Department, through a notification, made it mandatory for garba event organisers to keep an ambulance and a medical team available at the event to provide immediate help to participants.
