lastwave: 15 Onges to go back to settlement today

Friday, December 12, 2008

15 Onges to go back to settlement today

THE DAILY TELEGRAMS, December 12, 2008

15 Onges to go back to settlement today

Port Blair, Dec 11

sixteen Onges were evacuated and airlifted by helicopter from Dugong Creek and admitted in GB Pant Hospital recently as all displayed signs of severe poisoning. The A & N Administration did not leave any stone unturned to ensure that the Onges were given prompt treatment. Unfortunately, one Onge, whose condition was very serious, expired in the early hours of yesterday morning. The other fifteen Onges are responding well and are now considered fit to be discharged from GB Pant Hospital. Accordingly, they will be discharged from GB Pant Hospital tomorrow to go back to their settlement in Dugong Creek, Little Andaman. It is learnt from the hospital authorities that these 15 Onges will get the speed boat tomorrow morning to go to their homes, informed the Secretary, Tribal Welfare, Smt SKP Sodhi here today.

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Writings on the Indigenous Peoples and the Environment of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Pankaj Sekhsaria, 2003.

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