Archive · 10 Dec 2025
Surat Health Worker Dies in Honeybee Attack
A man named Jitubhai Patel and his wife Meenaben were working in a field in Surat, India.
Suddenly, a big group of honeybees attacked them.
Jitubhai got more than 150 stings and sadly died.
Meenaben was hurt badly and is still in the hospital.
They were taken to a nearby health center, but Jitubhai didn't survive.
Meenaben is getting special care in another hospital.
Jitubhai worked as a health worker and also helped in the fields.
He and Meenaben have two kids who are in school.
The doctors think the bee stings affected Jitubhai's heart, which caused his death.
A health worker and his wife were attacked by a swarm of honeybees in Surat, India.
The health worker, Jitubhai Patel, died from over 150 bee stings.
His wife, Meenaben Patel, is critically injured and undergoing treatment.
The incident occurred in Vagheswar village while they were working in an agricultural field.
Jitubhai was a multipurpose health worker at the Tankal Health Centre.
- Who
- Jitubhai Sumanbhai Patel (45) and his wife Meenaben Patel (40)
- What
- A fatal honeybee attack
- When
- Sunday evening
- Where
- Vagheswar village, Mahuva taluka, Surat district
- Why
- The couple was working in an agricultural field when a swarm of honeybees attacked them
- Victim
- Jitubhai Sumanbhai Patel (45)
- Survivor
- Meenaben Patel (40)
- Location
- Vagheswar village, Mahuva taluka, Surat district
- Time of Incident
- Sunday evening
- Number of Stings
- Over 150
- Cause of Death
- Cardiac arrest due to honeybee stings
- Current Status of Survivor
- Critical, undergoing medical treatment