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Dr Beth Upton said she was ‘really distressed’ after being told she should not be using a female changing area.

Dr Beth Upton said she did not intend any harm to anyone by using the female changing area at the hospital where she worked.

The Kumbalgodu police have registered a case of culpable homicide against the deceased and the landlord of the deodorant unit in a residential area in Ramasandra, following the explosion owing to an accidental fire which killed three and injured five others on Sunday .

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“We are now getting requests from neighbouring Andhra Pradesh and Odisha too. While organ donation is picking up in Karnataka, awareness about the concept of skin donation is yet to catch up,” said K.T. Ramesh, Head of the Department of Plastic Surgery in Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute (BMCRI).

Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) chief engineer, Shivakumar, 45, who suffered injuries in the fire accident at the quality control and laboratory office on August 12, succumbed at a private hospital on Wednesday. Shivakumar was on ventilator support for management with a heart lung machine ECMO (Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation).

Two BBMP Quality Control Wing employees, Shivakumar (45) and Jyothi (26), suffer 25% and 28% burns respectively in fire accident. Both shifted to Apollo hospital, Sheshadripuram. Executive Engineer Kiran (37) has 12% burns and pre-existing renal issue; stable and under treatment. Other six employees stable, vitals normal; shifted to PMSSY…

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Doctors said any pain that lasts for more than three months and is interfering with the person’s day-to-day activities, diet and sleep pattern is chronic. Early intervention for pain management will provide relief and improve the quality of life of the patient, they said.