Doordarshan anchor faints on air while giving weather updates, posts video explaining what happened

The video then shows footage being recorded from the camera’s monitor, and in it, Sinha could be seen unconscious on her chair and being attended to. In the rest of the video she posted, Sinha narrated what went down in the studio and gave an update on her health.

Sinha said she fainted because her blood pressure dropped suddenly. “I had been feeling unwell for some time, and I thought drinking water would help. Normally, I never have water with me while reading the news, whether it’s a 10-minute segment or half an hour; I just don’t need it,” she said in Bengali, in the video.

“However, on that particular day, I gestured to the floor manager for a bottle of water, but no sound bytes were running at that moment as a general story was being covered. Unfortunately, this meant I couldn’t get the water I needed until a sound byte finally played. But, by then, it was too late and I fainted,” she said in the video.

Sinha also shared that she had hoped to finish the remaining four news stories, but only managed to complete two. “As I started reading the third story about the heatwave, I began feeling increasingly unwell. Despite trying to push through and hold myself together, I couldn’t continue. During that story, my condition worsened to the point where I couldn’t see anymore. The teleprompter dimmed, and I lost consciousness,” she added.

She further asked her viewers to stay away from heat as temperatures are soaring in West Bengal. She also requested them to plant more trees and follow a summer-friendly diet.

Watch the video here:

Meanwhile, the India Meteorological Department on April 20 issued a red alert for several districts of West Bengal, including Bankura, West Midnapore, Jhargram, Birbhum and East Midnapore. Whereas, the Orange (Prepare) alert has been issued for other South Bengal districts, including Howrah, Hooghly, Purulia, North 24 Parganas, South 24 Parganas, East Burdwan, Murshidabad, Nadia, and Kolkata.