Gujarat: Toddler Girl Dies After 8-Hour Rescue Operation From Borewell

A toddler girl from Gujarat died on the way to the hospital after she was rescued from a 30-foot borewell that she had fallen into. Three-year-old Angel Sakhra succumbed to asphyxiation within an hour after she was evacuated, Resident Medical Officer Dr Ketan Bharti told Asian News International. Sakhra had reportedly fallen into the borewell on January 1 when she was playing in the front yard of her house. Firefighters, the Indian Army and National Disaster Response Force conducted an eight-hour-long rescue operation to evacuate her. 

Sakhra, who belonged to Ran village in Devbhumi Dwarka district, was taken to a government hospital in Khambalia where doctors suspect she died of asphyxiation. RMO Bharti told ANI, "The post-mortem examination has been done, and the final cause of death will be given after getting the final reports of the post-mortem." 

Three-Year-Old Gujarat Girl Fell Into Borewell

Angel Sakhra had reportedly fallen into the borewell around 1 pm, according to Asian News International. Firefighters from the Devbhumi Dwarka district and neighbouring Jamnagar were initially deployed at the site, and then teams of Army and NDRF personnel were called in later in the day.

Senior officials, including Dwarka District Collector Ashok Sharma, had also rushed to her village for her rescue. Sakhra's cries could be heard when the rescue teams reached the spot. She was rescued after an intensive operation at around 9.48 pm and rushed to the hospital, over 30 kilometres away. She was reportedly unconscious when she was rescued from the 30-foot-deep well.

#WATCH | Gujarat: Rescue operation underway to rescue a 2.5-year-old girl who fell into a borewell in Ran village of Kalyanpur tehsil of Dwarka district.

Indian Army personnel are also present at the spot and are assisting in the rescue operation. NDRF team has also been called… pic.twitter.com/s0INRX95Te

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RMO Bharti told ANI that Sakhra had already died before she reached the hospital, "The girl was brought here today between 10.00 pm and 10.15 pm... We had sent our paediatrics student, who was treating the toddler after she was taken out of the borewell, but she died on her way."