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Nerella incident: Six injured patients treated

A senior doctor on condition of anonymity explained, “The six patients have no problems at all, yet they were kept for two days.

Hyderabad: Six patients who were injured in the Nerella incident underwent treatment at NIMS hospital where X Ray and ultrasound scans and were done. They were also attended by specialists, urologists and orthopaedic surgeons and were found to be stable.

Health minister Dr Laxma Reddy said on Saturday that all the six patients were attended to September 6 and 7 and that the required investigations were carried out.

Dr Reddy said, “The patients were not asked to go away by the hospital. They left on their own and participated in the dharna outside on Thursday night.”

A senior doctor on condition of anonymity explained, “The six patients have no problems at all, yet they were kept for two days. They came and wanted to be examined which was done due to the presence of political leaders. As the out-patient unit timing was over they were examined in the emergency department. But there is no treatment required for them as in-patients as they were completely stable.”

The six patients are 46-year-old P Banayya, 35-year-old M Gopal, 26-year-old Eswar Kumar, 26-year old C Bala Raju, 24-year-old K L Harish and 30-year-old M Mahesh.

( Source : Deccan Chronicle. )
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