4 injured in Vaishno Devi stampede in ‘serious condition’, say hospital authorities

Pic: Dr JP Singh, Neurosurgeon (Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Narayana Superspeciality Hospital)

Katra, Jan 1: Four people who were injured in Saturday morning’s stampede at the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine in Jammu and Kashmir’s Katra are currently in serious condition and are on ventilators, according to authorites of the hospital they have been admitted to.
“First casualties arrived at our hospital at around 3 am. We received around 15 patients but four of them were in serious condition. They were unconscious when they reached the hospital and they are still in the ICU on ventilators,’ said Dr JP Singh, Neurosurgeon at the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Narayana Superspeciality Hospital.
“According to the doctor 11 people are stable and out of which three to four people were discharged after first aid. Around five of them are still under treatment”
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