Blast: Condition of one of the injured persons critical

The condition of one of the nine injured in Friday’s cylinder blast was said to be critical.

Doctors at the Mahabodhi Burns Care Centre, on the premises of State-run Victoria Hospital, said an eight-year-old child has suffered 45% burns, apart from respiratory burns.

The child’s mother, Kasturiamma, has suffered 35% burns, along with inhalation burns, and both of them were being monitored in the ICU, said Yogeshwarappa C.N., Head of the Department of Plastic Surgery and Burns at the hospital.

“We are evaluating the child for a head injury. We are closely monitoring them as both of them have suffered inhalation burns,” the doctor said.

Hand amputated

Apart from these two, three injured persons are under treatment at the State-run Sanjay Gandhi Institute of Trauma and Orthopaedics. Of the three, a 60-year-old woman, Sarasamma, has suffered severe crush injuries in her right arm. Doctors said her right hand had to be amputated above the elbow as her blood vessels were injured and badly contaminated. “The injuries were so severe that even reconstruction would not have helped,” said Madan Ballal, director of the institute.

“The other two - a 40-year-old woman and a 38-year-old man - have suffered minor ear injuries and a head concussion. Both are likely to be discharged in a day,” Dr. Ballal said.

The remaining four have suffered minor injuries and one of them was seen in the Emergency at NIMHANS. “He did not require admission as he had minor injuries,” said Resident Medical Officer H.N. Shashidhara.