Author: PTI
Publication: Indiatvnews.com
Date: September 9, 2011
URL: http://www.indiatvnews.com/news/India/Over_Pellets_Lodged_In_Body-10606.html
The deadly Delhi blast has left "over
1000 pellets" lodged in the body of one of the injured which may stay
there for the rest of his life, according to doctors attending on him.
37-year-old Nitin, a software consultant,
who is recovering in the Ram Manohar Lohia Trauma Centre has pellets buried
in his legs, right hand and right side of his face.
"Many of the injured have pellets lodged
in their bodies. In case of Nitin, it is shocking that over 1,000 alone are
lodged in his body. Nails, precariously large, have been used in the blast
this time. In Pramod Kumar Mahindra, the nail has got embedded in his thigh
in C shape," Sunil Saxena, chief medical officer, RML hospital said.
Nitin was unconscious when he was brought
to the hospital. "He was bleeding from the legs, hands and face. The
sight was horrible. He has undergone a surgery and was in the ICU for some
time. Now his condition is stable and we will conduct another tomorrow,"
he said.
"Since the pellets get sterile due to
high temperature during the blast, so they won't cause any infection. As such
we will not make any attempt to remove any of the pellets until the medical
examination suggest that they might be dangerous.
Ratan Lall Shroff, whose both legs were severed
in the blast, has pellets lodged on the back side of his body. "Connective
tissues will develop over them and will cover it. So they will never be visible
on the skin," he said. Till now a total of 31 patients are undergoing
treatment in the hospital and three are critical. 13 have been discharged
till now.
Saxena said, "If needed, we will provide
such patients with a medical card that will identify them as a person who
has embedded metal parts in his body. This will help them during electronic
frisking at airports and other places."
