Patiala News:Cabinet Minister Birender Goyal enquired about the condition of the injured passengers of the crashed PRTC bus at Rajindra Hospital

*Punjab government will provide all possible financial assistance to the affected families-Birinder Goyal*

Punjab Water Resources, Mines and Geology and Land and Water Conservation Minister Mr. Barinder Goyal today visited Government Rajindra Hospital, Patiala to inquire about the condition of the injured in the PRTC bus accident near Sangrur. On this occasion, he obtained information from the doctors regarding the treatment of the injured and directed to provide them with better treatment. On this occasion, PRTC Chairman Advocate Harpal Juneja, Vice Chairman Mr. Gurvinder Singh and PRTC Additional Managing Director Mr. Navdeep Kumar, SDM Gurdev Singh were also present.

On this occasion, Cabinet Minister Mr. Barinder Goyal said that a PRTC bus going from Dhuri to Chandigarh via Patiala met with an accident near Sangrur, in which three people died, including two women and one man, while about 25 people were injured. After the accident, 14 injured were admitted to a hospital in Sangrur and 11 to Rajindra Hospital in Patiala. Out of the 14 injured admitted in Sangrur, 13 have been discharged, while out of the 11 patients admitted in Rajindra Hospital, 6 have been discharged and the treatment of the remaining 5 patients is ongoing.

He said that teams of doctors have been deployed to perform necessary operations on the patients who have suffered fractures and all the injured are being provided with the best treatment. Describing the accident as extremely tragic, he said that a mother died in the accident, whose four-five year old child is battling cancer and was going for treatment with his mother. The child’s grandmother also died a few months ago. He said that this incident is extremely painful and this child needs a lot of support. He said that the bus driver is undergoing treatment at DMC Hospital and the conductor at Malerkotla.

The Cabinet Minister said that although the people who lost their lives in the accident cannot be brought back, all possible financial assistance will be provided to the victim families as per the rules of the Punjab Government and PRTC. The Punjab Government stands with all the victim families in this hour of grief and no let up will be allowed in the treatment of the injured.

On this occasion, Director-Principal of the Medical College Dr. R.P.S. Sibia and Medical Superintendent Dr. Vishal Chopra were also present.