Infant dies of aspiration pneumonia

A seven-month-old baby girl from Curti-Ponda, but a native of Jharkhand, died of ‘aspiration pneumonia’ on rnWednesday.

The Goan NetworkPublished Apr 27, 2017, 4:40 AM IST

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Ponda Police informed that the family had come down to Goa two months ago and were residing at Curti-Ponda.

The police said the baby was breastfed at about 9 am, after which she fell asleep. After sometime when her mother noticed that the baby was not moving, they rushed her to the Sub District Hospital, where she was declared dead on arrival. The autopsy stated that the baby died due to ‘aspiration pneumonia’. Sources from the GMC informed that such cases happen when mothers don’t take care of babies

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Even after 90 days no new sarpanch at Assagao p’yat

The Assagao Panchayat is facing a crisis of sorts having failed to elect a new sarpanch within the mandatory 60 days.

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Published Apr 27, 2017, 4:40 AM IST

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MAPUSA The director of panchayat had twice called a meeting to hold the election to the post of sarpanch but on both the occasions the meeting had to be adjourned for failure of receiving nomination to the post. In the seven-member Assagao Panchayat, the post of sarpanch is reserved for a woman. The panchayat has two women as panchas. After former sarpanch Priyanka Sangelkar was voted out of office on January 12, the first meeting for the election of the new…