Kaziranga Accident: 7 injured in critical condition at JMCH, 5 on ventilator

Seven people injured in the Kaziranga road accident are in a critical condition and undergoing treatment in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Jorhat Medical College and Hospital (JMCH). 

Of them, five are on mechanical ventilator support, JMCH Superintendent Dr Manab Jyoti Gohain said on November 14.

Gohain said 20 injured people were brought to the hospital following the accident. Three of them have since succumbed to their injuries, while 17 remain admitted at JMCH.

“Out of those 17 patients, seven are admitted in the ICU, and they are in a very critical state. The remaining 10 are in the general ward,” he said.

A medical team comprising specialists from the departments of cardiothoracic surgery and neurosurgery arrived from Guwahati early on Saturday and examined all the patients.

According to Gohain, the visiting specialists were satisfied with the treatment being provided at JMCH. He said patients with brain haemorrhage do not currently require surgical intervention but will remain under close observation.

“If the need for surgery arises, we are prepared,” he said.

The JMCH superintendent confirmed that two patients died on November 13, while another succumbed to injuries on Saturday morning, taking the total number of deaths among those admitted to the hospital to three.

He added that the medical team from Guwahati would stay at JMCH overnight and examine the patients again in the evening.

Meanwhile, traveller services came to a complete halt in Assam’s Nagaon district on Saturday after the Nagaon Traveller Union announced a day-long suspension of operations as a mark of mourning over the tragic road accident in Kaziranga.

The union took the decision to express grief over the deaths of 26 people in the accident.

Among those killed were Abdul Mujid, associated with MP Travels, and its handyman Subhash Das.