New Delhi, Sep 9(ANI): Stories of pain and survival continue to emerge after a high-intensity blast occurred outside Delhi's High Court, in which 13 people were killed and injured 76 on Wednesday, while family members of the victims see a bleak future.
Tarsem Singh, a victim of the blast, is a driver by profession and on the fateful day he was standing in a queue at the High Court to get an entry pass for his employers.
He got critically injured in the blast and was admitted to the Trauma Intensive Care Unit of the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital.
"There is bleeding from his ribcage. So, the doctors have put some tubes on him so it does not clot. After bleeding stops, they will send him for plastic surgery. He has got fracture on his right leg and his right hand so he will also be sent to orthopaedic centre for further treatment. It might take him four to six months get back to work," said Singh's friend Satbirr Choudhary.
He said that Singh's phone was lost during the blast, but the mobile service provider refused to block the number and they fear that the phone might be misused.
"His treatment is going on. The staff is cooperating and the doctors are very caring. Just now he told me he lost his phone during the blast and I called up Vodafone (mobile service provider) and requested to block the number. We have provided the residential address as well but they are asking for further documents. This is a very sorry state of affair.
This phone can be misused by unknown person for unknown reasons, so they should have blocked it immediately but they have refused to do so," said Choudhary.
Singh's wife said she sees a bleak future ahead as her husband would take months to recover and he is the sole bread earner. She added that she had to take care of their children.
"My husband does not have an elder brother or someone in the family to take care of us. Our parents are old and not able to help out with work. We have two children. He would take eight to 10 months to recover from his injuries. I am worried about our future and expect problems," said Jaspal Kaur.
An expert team of doctors and nurses at the hospital have performed dozens of surgeries after the first victim was brought at in at 10.45 am.
Most of the surgeries were performed on the lower limbs so that shrapnel used in the blast could be removed from the body.
The condition of two other victims, who underwent surgery, was critical.
Doctors had to amputate both legs of 58-year-old Ratan Lal Shroff, the first person to be operated. Meanwhile, Mridul Bakshi, 34, is also in a critical state as his ribs and lower limbs were fractured and stomach was severely ruptured.
This attack in the heart of the national capital has renewed concerns about the authorities' abilities to prevent attacks, particularly in sensitive, high-risk areas across the country. (ANI)
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