Death of rickshaw puller near Central Shaheed Minar, suspected heatstroke

A driver named Abdul Awal (45) died while driving a rickshaw in the central Shaheed Minar area of ​​the capital. He is believed to have died of heatstroke while driving a rickshaw in extreme heat.

On Monday (April 22), he was brought to the Dhaka Medical College (DMH) Hospital in an unconscious condition around 4:30 pm. Later, the doctor in charge of the emergency department there declared him dead.

Abdul Awal is the son of deceased Azam Ali of Sinh village of Lakhai police station in Habiganj. At present, he lived in a rented house in Fatulla area of ​​Narayanganj.

Mahibul Islam, a pedestrian who brought Abdul Awal to the hospital, said that the driver was driving a rickshaw through the Shaheed Minar area around four o’clock today. At that time he suddenly fell down from the rickshaw due to excessive heat and became unconscious. Later, when he was rushed to Dhaka Medical, the doctor in charge declared him dead.

Inspector in charge of police camp of Dhamek hospital. Bachchu Mia said that the number of patients in Dhaka Medical is gradually increasing due to excessive heat lately. Elderly people, children and working people suffer more in summer. I got to know from the doctor in charge of the emergency department… the rickshaw driver may have had a heatstroke due to excessive heat. His body has been kept in the hospital’s emergency department morgue. We have reported the matter to the concerned police station.

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