The health department not maintaining the protocol also came to the fore on the occasion.
Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, who arrived at the dam site after visiting a breached tank, near Bola Kadabi village in Saundatti taluk, felt exhausted.
Immediately, a medical team was summoned to check the blood pressure of the chief minister but to everybody’s surprise the doctors did neither had tool nor any drugs to control the blood pressure.
The medical team had only a few pain killers.
Finally, the required tools were brought from Saundatti town and the chief minister’s blood pressure was checked. Untill, the medical kit arrived, Yeddyurappa had to walk in the rest house to control his pressure.
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