Citation

Shenoy SG, Pai PR, Dalvie S, Bapat RD. J. Postgrad. Med. 1993; 39(1): 10-13.

Affiliation

Dept of General Surgery, Seth G.S. Medical College and KEM Hospital, Parel, Bombay, Maharashtra.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1993, Medknow Publications)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8295136

Abstract

On 13th March 1993 consequent to a series of explosions in the city a large number of casualties were attended to at this hospital. A total of 248 patients were treated for various injuries which included 85 minor and 34 major operations. Seventy-nine patients were brought in "dead on arrival". There were 12 deaths after admission out of which 6 patients died after surgery. The cause of death was hemorrhagic shock in 5 patients, burns in 2, severe head injury in 2, and shock lung in 3 patients.

Language: en