Kochi:
Congress legislator Uma Thomas, who fell down from the stage on the primary ground whereas attending a operate on the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium right here on Saturday night, has been placed on ventilator help at a non-public hospital.
She had reached the venue the place a record-breaking dance efficiency was being held.
After greeting the State Tradition Minister Saji Cherian as she was transferring in direction of her seat within the VIP pavilion, she tripped a barricade and fell down about 15 ft.
Because of the influence of the autumn, she was bleeding from the pinnacle and nostril, in accordance with eyewitnesses.
With a medical staff on the venue, she was rapidly moved to a close-by non-public hospital.
A medical staff is now taking care of her and in accordance with the hospital authorities, she has been placed on ventilator help and her situation is severe.
Uma Thomas, the spouse of late Congress veteran P.T. Thomas, represents the Thrikkakara Meeting constituency.
Thomas handed away in 2021 and the Congress social gathering determined to subject Uma, who throughout her school days was a really energetic Congress scholar chief.
Within the by-election held just a few months after Thomas handed away, she gained a stellar victory.
She gained with a margin of over 25,000 votes, a lot to the shock of all, because the Left led by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan had launched a blistering marketing campaign by fielding an interventional heart specialist Joe Joseph and had introduced that the Congress bastion at Thrikkakara can be breached.
By the way, P.T. Thomas had represented the Thrikkakara constituency from 2016 onwards and gained the 2021 polls too however handed away in December 2021.
He had represented the Idukki Lok Sabha constituency from 2009 to 14 and had earlier gained from the Thodupuzha Meeting constituency twice.
Following her victory, the Congress social gathering acquired its first girl legislator within the current Meeting.
Uma made her presence within the Meeting by way of her well mannered nature and was well-studied when she made her speeches.
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