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Tanker fire: One more succumbs to burns at Manipal's Kasturba Hospital

Published On : 02 Sep 2015


Mangaluru (TOI): One more person succumbed to burns at Kasturba Hospital, Manipal, taking the toll in Tuesday's tanker fire to two.

Seven more persons are in a critical condition and five with injuries are in a stable condition.

Fourteen patients had reported to the hospital on Tuesday, and one had succumbed to burns injuries on Tuesday. A male patient identified as Bharath, 26, succumbed to burns injury on Wednesday at 8am.

Among the other eight patients who were in a critical condition, two patients are in a very critical condition and five others remain in the same condition.

The condition of other five patients including the driver of the tanker is stable. The driver who suffered fracture injury on the right leg underwent surgical treatment on Tuesday night.


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