SRINAGAR: A truck driver from south Kashmir’s Pulwama district is in a critical condition at SMHS Hospital Srinagar after sustaining severe burn injuries in a gas leakage incident inside his vehicle in New Delhi, hospital and attendant sources said on Monday.
The injured has been identified as Ishfaq Ahmad Bhat, 35, son of Ghulam Qadir Bhat, a resident of Malangpora area of Awantipora in Pulwama district.
According to attendants accompanying him, the incident occurred on May 14 at Transport Nagar in New Delhi when a gas leak reportedly took place while he was cooking inside the truck. The leakage triggered a fire-like incident, leaving him with serious burn injuries.
Following the incident, he was initially shifted to Lok Nayak Hospital on Jawaharlal Nehru Marg in New Delhi, where he received preliminary treatment.
Attendants said that after remaining under treatment in Delhi for several days, he was later shifted to Srinagar for advanced medical care.
Officials at SMHS Hospital Srinagar confirmed that the patient was admitted in critical condition and is currently undergoing treatment. (KNT)
