Post-mortem reviews on the 13 victims of the ferry collision off Mumbai’s coast have revealed drowning as the first reason for demise normally, with medical findings together with frothy fluid in airways, extreme lung congestion and cyanosis of fingernails and lips, indicative of oxygen deprivation. One sufferer additionally exhibited a number of traumatic accidents, together with a extreme head wound, in keeping with the influence of the collision.
Dr Babaso Maruti Kalel, medical superintendent at Indira Gandhi Rural Hospital in Uran and a forensic drugs professional, carried out post-mortems on 11 victims. The deceased included two kids—a five-year-old boy and a three-year-old woman—and 9 adults, comprising 5 males and 4 ladies aged between 30 and 40, with one girl aged 50.
“All victims, besides one, died as a result of asphyxia brought on by drowning,” Dr Kalel defined. When people drown, their lungs turn out to be waterlogged, stopping oxygen from coming into the bloodstream. This results in asphyxia, or suffocation, which is the instant reason for demise. The medical indicators noticed in these instances had been in keeping with drowning: bluish discolouration of fingernails and lips (cyanosis), congestion of blood vessels in eyes and ballooning of lungs brought on by inhalation of water. Dissection revealed frothy fluid blended with blood within the airways, indicative of inside haemorrhage brought on by water forcing its approach into the lungs.
“This froth, a mix of air, water and blood is a trademark signal of drowning,” Dr Kalel added. “It signifies that lungs had been unable to alternate oxygen, resulting in fast organ failure and demise.”
One sufferer, recognized as Pravin Sharma, had further accidents — a extreme head damage on the left facet, together with trauma to his shoulder, arm and stomach. These accidents had been in keeping with the collision’s influence and compounded the results of drowning.
On the government-run JJ Hospital, autopsies on two different victims additionally pointed to drowning as the first reason for demise. “The sample of findings strongly aligns with asphyxia as a result of water inhalation, with no proof of exterior accidents suggesting different causes,” famous a senior forensic professional from JJ Hospital.
These observations reinforce the conclusion that drowning was the predominant mechanism of demise throughout the victims.
The incident occurred when an Indian Navy speedboat misplaced management throughout engine trials and collided with the passenger ferry Neelkamal, which was enroute to UNESCO World Heritage website Elephanta Caves. The collision resulted within the ferry capsizing, leaving 13 lifeless. The Indian Navy has said that the speedboat misplaced management as a result of an engine malfunction. Authorities are investigating the circumstances surrounding the collision.
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