Cancer patient dies at airport

A 63-year-old woman collapsed while checking-in at terminal 1 B of the domestic airport early Saturday morning.

• Written by Express News Service
• Mumbai | March 15, 2009 01:41 AM IST
1 min read

A 63-year-old woman collapsed while checking-in at terminal 1 B of the domestic airport early Saturday morning. The airport authorities summoned a doctor who pronounced her dead after examining her. According to a Mumbai airport spokesperson,Padmakumar Burlakoti was to board a Jetlite flight to Delhi with her son and daughter when the incident occurred. “Burlakoti’s children informed the authorities that she was suffering from cancer,” he said.

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