Coalminer dies of asphyxia.DUKKI, 06 April , 2009 (Balochistan Times) --A labourer in a coalmine died while his colleague fell unconscious due to suffocation suffocation: see asphyxia. after toxicant toxicant /tox·i·cant/ (tok´si-kant) 1. poisonous. 2. poison. tox·i·cant n. 1. A poison or poisonous agent. 2. An intoxicant. adj. gas enveloped en·vel·op tr.v. en·vel·oped, en·vel·op·ing, en·vel·ops 1. To enclose or encase completely with or as if with a covering: "Accompanying the darkness, a stillness envelops the city" in the mine, here in a local coal excavation field some 170 kilometres north of Quetta, on Monday, police said. The deceased has been identified as Muhammad Khan who died of while his colleague Mirza Khan lost consciousness and was shifted to civil hospital Dukki. Doctors at the hospital said condition of the survivor was stable. Both the deceased and survivor are Afghan nationals who were working in the coalmine. (THROUGH ASIA Asia (ā`zhə), the world's largest continent, 17,139,000 sq mi (44,390,000 sq km), with about 3.3 billion people, nearly three fifths of the world's total population. PULSE) |
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