US Edition'Girl Critical, on Oxygen Support': AIIMS Delhi on Airlifted 15-Year-Old From Odisha After Miscreants Set Her on Fire
JAJPUR, ODISHA, JUL 20 – The girl was airlifted to AIIMS Delhi for specialized care after sustaining severe burn injuries, highlighting the hospital's role in critical trauma treatment.
- On Saturday, three motorcycle-borne youths intercepted the girl at Bhargavi River near Bayabar village, poured inflammable substance on her, and set her ablaze.
- With severe injuries, she was on oxygen support in the Burn Centre ICU at AIIMS Bhubaneswar, then transferred for specialised care.
- Authorities have recorded her statement in the ICU before a magistrate, and police have interrogated around 10 people, as part of the ongoing investigation.
- BJD leaders and supporters protested at Balanga police station, demanding immediate arrests, with Tukuni Sahu saying, "More than 24 hours have passed since the barbaric incident but the culprits have not yet been arrested."
- Arriving at AIIMS New Delhi at 4:20 pm on Sunday, she was transported by an advanced life support ambulance through a green corridor, where AIIMS Delhi doctors are closely monitoring her condition, said AIIMS Delhi.
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‘Screaming in pain, save me': Odisha man recounts horror after girl, set on fire, collapsed at his doorstep
Dukshishyam Senapati, a resident of Balanga village in Odisha’s Puri district, recalled on Sunday the harrowing 90 minutes that unfolded after a 15-year-old girl, kidnapped and set on fire, stumbled to his home crying for help. “She was on fire and screaming in pain,” he said, describing the moment he opened his door to find the injured teenager. Senapati said the incident occurred around 8:30 am on Saturday. Alerted by frantic knocks and scream…
'Girl critical, on oxygen support': AIIMS Delhi on airlifted 15-year-old from Odisha after miscreants set her on fire
The Odisha girl, aged 15 years, who was set ablaze by miscreants, is critically injured with 75% burns. She was airlifted to AIIMS Delhi and is receiving oxygen support in the Burn ICU, under close observation by a team of doctors
Odisha: 15-year-old girl set on fire by three men in Puri district
A 15-year-old girl was allegedly set on fire by three unidentified persons while on her way to a friend’s house in Odisha’s Puri district on Saturday, The Indian Express reported.The girl has suffered 70% to 75% burn injuries and her condition is stable, Executive Director of All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar Dr Ashutosh Biswas told The New Indian Express.Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Sunday said that the girl was airli…
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