News Reading Practice #83

(100 Day Challenge)

TIGER BITES ITS HANDLER AT AUSTRALIAN AMUSEMENT PARK

Melbourne: A tiger bit an animal handler on the arm Monday at an Australian amusement park, officials said. The woman was taken by ambulance from Dreamworld in Coomera in Queensland state to the Gold Coast University Hospital in stable condition, Queensland Ambulance Service director Justin Payne said. Staf managed the bleeding as an ambulance was called to Dreamworld just before 9 am, Payne said.

The amusement park opens to the public at 10 am. The patient had received some serious lacerations and puncture wounds from the animal. She was quite pale and feeling unwell.

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BITE - കടിക്കുക

HANDLER - പരിശീലകന്‍, നോക്കി നടത്തുന്ന ആള്‍.

STABLE CONDITION - സുരക്ഷിതമായ അവസ്ത, തൃപ്തികരമായ അവസ്ഥ.

BLEEDING - രക്തസ്രാവം.

LACERATION - ആഴത്തിലുള്ള മുറിവ്.

PUNCTURE WOUND - പോറല്‍

PALE - ക്ഷീണിച്ച, വിളറിയ

BITE: To cut or grip with teeth.

HANDLER: A person who manages or takes care of animals.

STABLE CONDITION: A medical term meaning the person’s health is not changing for the worse.

BLEEDING: The loss of blood from the body.

LACERATION: A deep cut or tear in the skin or flesh.

PUNCTURE WOUND: A small, deep wound caused by something sharp.

PALE: Having less color in the face, often because of illness or shock.

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