PANAJI
Fourteen people seriously injured in the stampede at the Shirgao Devi Lairai temple jatra in the wee hours of Saturday were brought to the Goa Medical College and Hospital and five among them are critical, on ventilators in the trauma ward ICU.
GMC's Medical Superintendent, Dr Rajesh Patil said, most of them sustained rib fractures, maxillary sinus injury and soft tissue injuries. One person was discharged in the evening.
While two of the injured are youth aged 19 and 24, the remaining twelve are between 45 and 55 years.
"One woman who had a rib fracture is showing signs of recovery and is being administered drips now," Dr Patil said, adding that of the five patients on ventilators, one is showing signs of recovery.
"Two of them are critical but we are doing our best. All are kept in the trauma intensive care ward, and if we get more patients referred to us we will open another ICU ward," Dr Patil said.
According to him, the others injured in the stampede are being treated at the Asilo District hospital in Mapusa and at the government facility in Bicholim.
"They could be shifted to the GMC but as of now both the hospitals are managing them well and offering good treatment," Patil said, adding that the Health Minister Vishwajit Rane has directed them to accord top priority to the stampede victims.
