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Family fatally unplugs COVID ventilator to plug-in air cooler

<p>A man who was suspected of having coronavirus has died after family members allegedly unplugged the ventilator he was connected to so they could plug in an air cooler. </p> <p>The 40-year-old man was admitted to the intensive care unit of Maharao Bhim Singh Hospital in Kota, Rajasthan in India on 13th June.</p> <p>According to<em> </em><a rel="noopener" href="https://indianexpress.com/article/india/kota-hospital-ventilator-covid-19-6466969/" target="_blank" class="_e75a791d-denali-editor-page-rtflink"><em>The Indian Express</em></a>, he was shifted into an isolation ward on 15th June after another patient in the ICU tested positive for coronavirus.</p> <p>His family members visited and brought along an air cooler with them, but were unable to find an extra socket to plug it into.</p> <p>It's alleged that they unplugged the man's ventilator which ran out of power half an hour later.</p> <p>The family members alerted medical staff who performed CPR, but the man died.</p> <p>Hospital superintendent Dr Naveen Sazena said that a three-member hospital committee would investigate the incident and report on the patient's cause of death.</p> <p>It is currently unclear why family members were able to visit a patient in the isolation ward.</p> <p>The family had brought the air cooler as the hospital's air conditioning had been turned off to limit the spread of coronavirus. </p> <p>Temperatures inside the hospital reportedly were around the 40-degree mark as a result, but the family members did not ask medical staff for permission to use the air cooling unit. </p>

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9-month-old’s saving chance: Court order prevents hospital pulling the plug

<p>A Texas court has allowed a family to place a temporary restraining order on a hospital wanting to take their 9-month-old baby off life support. </p> <p>Tinslee Lewis was born with congenital heart issues and has been under the care of the Cook’s Children’s Hospital for the better part of her whole young life. </p> <p>Her family is rejoicing after a court order has allowed them to buy more time to find a hospital who is willing to keep their baby on life-saving machines. </p> <p>The child was born with Ebstein Anomaly, a rare heart defect meaning there is an abnormality in the tricuspid valve. </p> <p>The disorder separates the right atrium from the right ventricle so normal blood flow cannot occur. </p> <p><span>In some rare cases, the disorder can cause the right atrium to swell, and even result in congestive heart failure. </span></p> <p><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Ftrinity.lewis.3551%2Fposts%2F2476561655891273&amp;width=500" width="500" height="586" style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" allow="encrypted-media"></iframe></p> <p>While Tinslee has already undergone numerous surgeries for the disorder, for the past several months the young infant has been kept on a ventilator. </p> <p>The doctors worry the 9-month-old baby’s health will not improve and that she is “suffering”. </p> <p>However, her family could not agree less. </p> <p>"We are a family who believes where there's just a little air, there's hope," Beverly Winston, the infant's relative, told<span> </span>CBS DFW. </p> <p>"Regardless of your reason, what the law is -- she deserves the chance to fight for her life, and she has a troop who will help her 100 percent and above."</p> <p>Ahead of the court’s ruling, the hospital has issued a statement explaining the doctor’s conclusions. </p> <p>“Tinslee Lewis is a beautiful baby who has captured the hearts of many at Cook Children’s since her premature birth nine months ago,” a statement from the Cook Children’s hospital read, according to CBS DFW.</p> <p>“In the last several months, it’s become apparent her health will never improve,” the statement continued. </p> <p>“Despite our best efforts, her condition is irreversible, meaning it will never be cured or eliminated. Without life-sustaining treatment, her condition is fatal. But more importantly, her physicians believe she is suffering.”</p> <p>“To maintain the delicate balance necessary to sustain Tinslee’s life, and to prevent her from pulling out the lines that are connected to the ventilator, doctors have had to keep her constantly paralyzed and sedated.</p> <p>“While Tinslee may sometimes appear alert and moving, her movements are the result of being weaned off of the paralyzing drugs. We believe Tinslee is reacting in pain when she’s not sedated and paralyzed.”</p> <p>The hospital says they have reached out to nearly 20 hospitals who have all declined to accept the infant as a patient. </p> <p>Tinslee's life support was due to be switched off on the 17th of November, however a judge sided with her family with preventing from doing so. </p> <p>Another hearing is scheduled on November 22. </p> <p>“I thought that they were going to pull the plug on my baby,” Trinity Lewis, the baby’s mother, told Fox 7 Austin. </p> <p>“I didn’t think she was going to still be here today, and that’s what I’m grateful for.”</p>

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FAKE CAR PART SCAM: Have you been hit?

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Counterfeit spark plugs with the potential to destroy engines are at the centre of an automotive industry sting, with the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI) saying that 60 per cent of spark plugs bought online are designed to fool customers.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A spokesman for FCAI said that spark plugs that are sold as genuine Honda, Mazda or Toyota items have the potential to “melt and cause extreme engine damage”.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Tony Weber, chief executive for the FCAI, says motorists and technicians should be careful when sourcing automotive parts.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">However, representatives of these popular car brands said that they have no records of fake spark plugs ruining engines in recent months.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">There have been a variety of fake parts seized in Australia, including wheels that shatter when they hit a pothole, brake pads made of asbestos and oil filters that don’t protect engines from damage.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">There are also examples from overseas, which include brake pads made from compressed grass. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Avoiding a fake can be tricky, but Mr Weber has a word of warning.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“The best way to avoid a fake? Make certain your parts are purchased from the authorised dealer network,” Mr Weber said.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“We have experts examining the packaging and spark plugs and even they can barely tell the difference. You won’t know it’s a fake, until it’s too late.”</span></p>

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“It’s expensive”: Karl Stefanovic jokes about his hair after hair plug rumours

<p>Karl Stefanovic, host of This Time Next Year, made a cheeky reference to his rumoured use of hair plugs during Monday night’s episode.</p> <p>Stefanovic, 45, was talking with mum-of-two Paula Williams who had a breast reduction journey.</p> <p>Williams declared that she wanted to burn one of her older and larger bras, and a crew member appeared on stage with a metal bucket and a lighter so she could do so.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"> <p dir="ltr">Paula’s leaving the past behind her! 👀🔥 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TTNY?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TTNY</a> <a href="https://t.co/qSsroaV2g8">pic.twitter.com/qSsroaV2g8</a></p> — This Time Next Year (@TTNY) <a href="https://twitter.com/TTNY/status/1178631412708102144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 30, 2019</a></blockquote> <p>“If you don’t mind, I’m going to step back. Don’t want to burn my hair and stuff. it’s expensive,” joked Stefanovic, to laughter from the studio audience.</p> <p>The rumours were ignited by former<span> </span><em>Today</em><span> </span>colleague Richard Reid who revealed that Stefanovic used spray on hair.</p> <p>Reid revealed this on his winning stint of<span> </span><em>I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!</em></p> <p>“And then he went away and got hair plugs,” Reid continued. “He had one of those six-week vacations and came back with (hair plugs). And he still used the spray until it filled in.”</p> <p>However, it’s not the first time Stefanovic has had his hair mentioned.</p> <p>In 2017 the <a rel="noopener" href="https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/hair-transplants-prevent-tv-careers-from-wearing-thin-20170302-gup32c.html" target="_blank">Sydney Morning Herald</a> reported that the Gold Logie winner “bowed to the pressure to maintain his beloved boyish looks and underwent a subtle hair transplant to hide thinning at the front and top of his head a few years ago”.</p> <blockquote style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/9KyxOJoV4A/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="12"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <p style="margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;"><a style="color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/9KyxOJoV4A/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">Everyone in the same Friday space? Nuts on</a></p> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;">A post shared by <a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/karlstefanovic_/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank"> karl stefanovic</a> (@karlstefanovic_) on Oct 22, 2015 at 10:38pm PDT</p> </div> </blockquote> <p>Reid has since admitted that it was a “big mistake” to tell Australia about Stefanovic’s hair plugs.</p> <p>“Oh God, that was a big mistake,” Reid groaned when the topic was brought up on <a rel="noopener" href="https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/reality-tv/im-a-celebrity/richard-reids-big-mistake-with-karl-stefanovic-bombshell/news-story/7377e88951ddaaba8a92f88203572b46" target="_blank">The Kyle and Jackie Show</a>. </p> <p>“Apparently, people have thought it but no one has said it! And hey, he rocked a comb-over like nobody’s business, with a little bit of spray in his hair … dark spray.”</p> <p>He added: “The thing is with Karlos, now that you look back on it, is that he’s the first person to laugh at himself. So, I guess he wasn’t planning on laughing at that, but he’ll cry all the way to the bank, won’t he?”</p>

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Should this classic Christmas song be banned? Radio stations pull the plug on yuletide tune

<p>It’s one of the most popular Christmas songs of all time, but<span> </span><em>Baby, It’s Cold Outside</em><span> </span>has come under fire as feminists are demanding for the song to be banned from radio stations claiming the lyrics promote date rape.</p> <p>Stations in the US and UK have already begun taking it off air as campaigners have slammed the song as inappropriate, and now radio channels in Australia are being pressured into following the same path.</p> <p>But despite the outrage, many feminists have rejected to take part in the protest as they say those disagreeing with the song need to lighten up.</p> <p>Originally written in 1944, the Academy Award-winning song has been reproduced by singers such as Michael Bublé and Dean Martin.</p> <p>The song tells the story of a man who is attempting to get a woman to stay with him and was first featured in the 1949 film<span> </span><em>Neptune’s Daughter</em>starring Esther Williams and Ricardo Montalban.</p> <p>A line that is causing offence is: “Say what’s in this drink? No cabs to be had out there,” with those who disagree with the song's message claiming the line implies drink spiking.</p> <p>Another line that has caused a stir is: “I ought to say no, no, no – Mind if I move in closer?”, which has come under fire for promoting non-consensual sex.</p> <p>Appearing on UK breakfast show<span> </span><em>Good Morning Britain</em>, feminist Daisy Buchanan raised the issue by saying: “This is a song about trying to get away from a man and being assaulted. She’s trying to say no.”</p> <p>But host Piers Morgan wasn’t having any of it, as he refuted the claim by saying: “Radical feminists like you want to suck the joy out of everything and make this look like sexual assault. She gave consent, she stayed. Do you not read the lyrics? She’s flirting with him.”</p> <p>Speaking to <a rel="noopener" href="https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/has-the-pc-brigade-gone-too-far/news-story/b020b05ebe476425ea10464d4cc666b9" target="_blank"><em>The Daily Telegraph</em></a>, Anna Kerr, from Sydney’s Feminist Legal Clinic, says the lyrics of the acclaimed song are “definitely creepy".</p> <p>“There is even a line that seems to subtly reference the female being drugged by the male,” she said. “Songs that normalise and even celebrate predatory sexual behaviour by men are never OK.”</p> <p>Agreeing with those sentiments is Jazzlyn Breen, from the University of Sydney Women’s Collective.</p> <p>“In this day and age, especially in the light of #MeToo movement, I find it really unnerving that people would enjoy listening to content which insinuates the use of date rape drugs,” she told <a rel="noopener" href="https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/has-the-pc-brigade-gone-too-far/news-story/b020b05ebe476425ea10464d4cc666b9" target="_blank"><em>The Daily Telegraph</em></a>.</p> <p>But controversial author and sex therapist Bettina Arndt considers the entire controversy to be ridiculous.</p> <p>“This … ludicrous campaign against a funny, traditional Christmas song is the reason people are turning off feminism,” she said.</p> <p>“It’s a sweet, light hearted portrayal of a man trying to seduce a woman – nothing more. Why are we taking any notice of this tiny group of narrow-minded, man-hating nut cases who see this as date rape? Ordinary people still enjoy this type of light hearted banter and flirtation and need to stand up against the puritanical feminists.”</p> <p>People took to Twitter to share their own opinions of the song, with one user saying: “The song Baby It’s Cold Outside is about rape … I’m disturbed.”</p> <p>But another disagreed, saying: “Christmas songs being offensive and banning them, is bloody ridiculous.”</p> <p><a rel="noopener" href="https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/has-the-pc-brigade-gone-too-far/news-story/b020b05ebe476425ea10464d4cc666b9" target="_blank"><em>The Daily Telegraph</em></a> contacted various radio stations with iHeartRadio saying they will continue to play the song. Triple J, Nova and 2DayFM all declined to comment.</p> <p>Do you think<span> </span><em>Baby It’s Cold Outside</em><span> </span>insinuates date rape? Decide for yourself below:</p> <p><strong><em>Baby, It’s Cold Outside</em><span> </span>song lyrics</strong></p> <p>I really can’t stay (Baby it’s cold outside)</p> <p>I gotta go away (Baby it’s cold outside)</p> <p>This evening has been (Been hoping that you’d dropped in)</p> <p>So very nice (I’ll hold your hands they’re just like ice)</p> <p>My mother will start to worry (Beautiful what’s your hurry?)</p> <p>My father will be pacing the floor (Listen to the fireplace roar)</p> <p>So really I’d better scurry (Beautiful please don’t hurry)</p> <p>Well maybe just a half a drink more (I’ll put some records on while I pour)</p> <p>The neighbours might think (Baby it’s bad out there)</p> <p>Say what’s in this drink? (No cabs to be had out there)</p> <p>I wish I knew how (Your eyes are like starlight now)</p> <p>To break this spell (I’ll take your hat, your hair looks swell) (Why thank you)</p> <p>I ought to say no, no, no sir (Mind if move in closer?)</p> <p>At least I’m gonna say that I tried (What’s the sense of hurtin’ my pride?)</p> <p>I really can’t stay (Baby don’t hold out)</p> <p>Baby it’s cold outside</p> <p>Ah, you’re very pushy you know?</p> <p>I like to think of it as opportunistic</p> <p>I simply must go (Baby it’s cold outside)</p> <p>The answer is no (But baby it’s cold outside)</p> <p>The welcome has been (How lucky that you dropped in)</p> <p>So nice and warm (Look out the window at that storm)</p> <p>My sister will be suspicious (Gosh your lips look delicious!)</p> <p>My brother will be there at the door (Waves upon a tropical shore)</p> <p>My maiden aunt’s mind is vicious (Gosh your lips are delicious!)</p> <p>Well maybe just a cigarette more (Never such a blizzard before) (And I don’t even smoke)</p> <p>I’ve got to get home (Baby you’ll freeze out there)</p> <p>Say lend me a coat? (It’s up to your knees out there!)</p> <p>You’ve really been grand (I feel when I touch your hand)</p> <p>But don’t you see? (How can you do this thing to me?)</p> <p>There’s bound to be talk tomorrow (Think of my life long sorrow!)</p> <p>At least there will be plenty implied (If you caught pneumonia and died!)</p> <p>I really can’t stay (Get over that old out)</p> <p>Baby it’s cold</p> <p>Baby it’s cold outside</p> <p>Okay fine, just another drink then</p> <p>That took a lot of convincing!</p>

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Three-year-old NSW boy gets fingers stuck in bath plug hole

<p>A three-year-old boy from NSW has found his fingers stuck in the plug hole of his bathtub, with paramedics called to the scene to cut the toddler free.</p> <p>Leo’s mother, Corinne Deiner, knew she was going to be in for a long night when she noticed that her three-year-old had become a little too curious for his own good.</p> <p>"I hear this voice go, 'I'm stuck', and I'm like, 'oh, what kind of stuck'?", Corinne said.</p> <p>Remarkably though, despite Leo stayed calm through the whole ordeal.</p> <p><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2F7NewsAdelaide%2Fvideos%2F1731610860202895%2F&amp;show_text=0&amp;width=560" width="560" height="315" style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe></p> <p>"He was pretty much back against the wall, three fingers straight down, just sort of looked at me like, 'I'm in trouble aren't I?'", she added.</p> <p>It took an hour to free little Leo.</p> <p>"We flipped the plate out, and then once that was out, they put a film under each finger and had to cut each individual hole to get each finger out," Kahlie McLennan from NSW Ambulance said.</p> <p>Each finger was a little swollen but not injured.</p> <p>"I was very proud of him," Leo's mother said,</p> <p>"He cried only a little bit and that was when they were trying to cut the drain off his fingers."</p> <p>What a brave little boy! Have you ever had a child or grandchild become too inquisitive for their own good? Share your story in the comments section below. </p> <p><em>Hero image credit: Facebook / 7 News Adelaide</em></p>

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