Odisha burn victim’s condition stable, to be airlifted to Delhi 

The 15-year-old miss was acceptable ablaze by unidentified miscreants portion she was returning location from a friend's location successful Puri district

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The wellness information of a 15-year-old girl, who was acceptable ablaze by unidentified miscreants successful Odisha's Puri district, was unchangeable connected Sunday morning, and she volition beryllium airlifted to Delhi, officials said.

The incidental took spot connected Saturday greeting connected the banks of the Bhargabi stream adjacent Bayabar colony successful Balanga constabulary presumption erstwhile the miss was returning from her friend's house.

The insignificant girl, with 70 per cent burns, is unchangeable and she is presently connected oxygen enactment successful the ICU and is responding, said Sanjay Giri, Head of Department of Burn Centre, AIIMS, Bhubaneswar.

"We are giving fluid attraction to the patient. A squad of 12 doctors and 2 nursing officers are looking aft the patient," helium said.

"The diligent is unchangeable and she is successful a authorities wherever she tin beryllium shifted by airlifting. Maybe wrong two-and-a-half hours, we volition displacement her. This has been communicated to AIIMS-Delhi. She volition beryllium taken connected a peculiar flight," AIIMS Bhubaneswar Executive Director Asutosh Biswas told reporters.

For amended attraction of the girl, AIIMS- Bhubaneswar and the Odisha Government had started holding discussions with AIIMS-Delhi and patients' household members for airlifting her to the nationalist capital, an authoritative said.

"Representatives of the authorities spoke with higher-level officials and we held discussions with AIIMS-Delhi," Giri said.

Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi connected Saturday said that the authorities authorities was readying to airlift the insignificant to Delhi for amended treatment. Majhi, however, said the AIIMS-Bhubaneswar authorities volition instrumentality a determination considering her wellness condition.

As the unfortunate was capable to talk connected Saturday, the constabulary person recorded her connection successful the beingness of a magistrate astatine AIIMS-Bhubaneswar ICU, an authoritative said, adding that her connection was captious for the investigation.

Preliminary constabulary probe revealed that 3 motorcycle-borne youths intercepted the teenager, forcibly took her to the banks of the Bhargavi river, poured an inflammable substance connected her, and acceptable her connected fire. The miscreants fled the spot aft mounting the miss connected fire, the constabulary said.

Local radical doused the occurrence and aboriginal took her to the Pipili authorities hospital, from wherever she was shifted to AIIMS-Bhubaneswar.

The girl's parent has lodged an FIR with Balanga constabulary station, officials said, adding the unfortunate was a Class VIII dropout and her begetter works astatine a centrifugal garage.