GUWAHATI: Altogether 16 people injured in the minibus-truck collision in Assam's Kaziranga are undergoing treatment and, of them, three are on ventilator support, doctors said on November 15.
At least 26 people, including women and minors, died and 20 others were injured in a head-on collision between a minibus and a container truck near Kaziranga National Park on November 13.
Although initially the injured were being treated at different hospitals in Kaziranga, Bokakhat, Golaghat and Jorhat, later all of them were shifted to Jorhat Medical College and Hospital (JMCH) for better treatment, a senior doctor said.
One patient was referred to Assam Medical College and Hospital in Dibrugarh, he added.
JMCH chief superintendent Saurabh Borkotoki said, "Currently, 16 patients remain under treatment in our hospital. Of them, three are on ventilator support."
Besides, five other patients are receiving treatment at Intensive Care Unit (ICU), while eight more are admitted and recovering in the general ward, he added.
Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday announced Rs 9 lakh ex gratia, including Rs 2 lakh from the Centre, for the next of kin of each of the deceased.
The post-mortem examinations were conducted at Swahid Kushal Konwar Civil Hospital in Golaghat.
The accident occurred at Rangajan near Hathikuli Tea Estate in Kohora range of Kaziranga National Park on National Highway 715.
The Nagaon-bound minibus was coming from Golaghat, while the container truck was going towards eastern Assam.