Doordarshan anchor Lopamudra Sinha, who belongs to the West Bengal branch, posted a video on his Facebook profile in which he appears to have fainted during a live news broadcast.
In the 14 minute 42 second video she posted, Sinha was seen giving weather information from 10 am till the 45th second. As the video progresses, she turns back to the camera and is seen looking uncomfortable and slightly disoriented. She tried to continue and was able to go on for a few more seconds, but her speech was mostly slurred.
The video then shows footage recorded from a camera monitor, in which Sinha is seen sitting unconscious in a chair and being treated. In the rest of the video she posted, Sinha narrated what happened in the studio and gave an update on her own health.
Sinha said his blood pressure suddenly dropped and he passed out. “I’ve been sick for a while and thought drinking water would cure me. Usually when I read the news, whether it’s for 10 minutes or 30 minutes, I don’t carry water with me. There is no need,” she said in Bengali in the video.
“However, on that day, I gestured to the floor manager to give me a bottle of water, but at that moment when the general news was being reported, the sound bite was not running. Unfortunately, this meant I couldn’t get the water I needed until the soundbite finally played. But by then it was too late and I passed out,” she said in the video. Told.
Sinha also said she had hoped to complete the remaining four news articles, but was only able to complete two. “When I started reading the third story about the heat wave, I started to feel worse and worse. I tried to push through and hold myself together, but I couldn’t continue. During that story, my condition became worse. It got so bad that I couldn’t see. The teleprompter went dark and I blacked out,” she added.
She further appealed to viewers to avoid the heat as temperatures are soaring in West Bengal. She also asked them to plant more trees and follow a summer-friendly diet.
Watch the video here:
Meanwhile, the India Meteorological Department had on April 20 issued a red alert for several districts in West Bengal, including Bankura, West Midnapore, Jhargram, Birbhum and East Midnapore. Meanwhile, orange (readiness) alert has been issued for other south Bengal districts including Howrah, Hooghly, Purulia, North 24 Parganas, South 24 Parganas, East Burdwan, Murshidabad, Nadia and Kolkata.
