A 40-year-old man died of a sudden cardiac arrest minutes after sending his manager a routine sick leave message. According to his manager KV Iyyer, who made a post on X about the incident, Shankar, the man who passed, had been with the company for six years and was known to be “healthy and fit.” He was married, had a young child, and lived a disciplined lifestyle, avoiding both smoking and alcohol, the post read.
At 8.37 am, Shankar dropped a text ro Iyyer, “Sir, due to heavy back pain, I am unable to come today. So please grant me leave.” Treating it as a regular request, Iyyer replied, “Ok, take rest.” Barely ten minutes later, at 8.47 am, Shankar reportedly collapsed at home due to a Recounting the incident on X, Iyyer wrote “One of my colleagues, Shankar, texted me this morning at 8.37 am with a message, ‘Sir, due to heavy back pain, I am unable to come today. So please grant me leave.’ Such a leave request, being usual, I replied ‘OK, take rest’. And the day continued normally. At 11 am, I received a call that shook me like never before. The person calling me said that Shankar has passed away. I didn’t believe it in the first instance. I called another colleague to reconfirm and to get his residence address. Got the address and rushed to his house. He was NO MORE.”
The post quickly gained traction, igniting a conversation on growing rate of cardiac arrests in India. "Shocking indeed and also very tragic considering his age and family. May his aatma attain sadgati. Om shanti," a user wrote. "Extremely tragic. Also, nice of you to visit him personally. May his soul rest in peace," another user commented.
