23 August,2011 07:23 AM IST | | Priyanka Vora
22-year-old Ramu Narsingh suffers critical hand injury after friend Arjun Madri falls on him while climbing the pyramid; Arjun gets a fractured foot in the bargain; around 200 Govindas were injured yesterday
Yeh dosti hum nahi chhodenge.
The song seems to be the mantra for real life Jai and Veeru, Arjun Madri and Ramu Narsingh, who got injured together and who refuse to leave each other's side after being hurt during yesterday's dahi handi celebrations.
Arjun Madri
The duo from the Swami Vivekanand Mitra Mandal of Masjid Bunder was injured yesterday after Arjun (24) fell on Ramu (22), which proved to be almost fatal for the latter.
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A Govinda enthusiast since childhood, Ramu's main artery in the right hand was ruptured after Arjun fell on him from the fifth level of the pyramid. "I fell on him injuring his hand.
It was bleeding profusely. We immediately rushed him to St George Hospital from where we were referred to KEM hospital," said Arjun, sitting on a wheelchair after getting his fractured leg plastered.
About the degree of Ramu's injuries, a doctor from KEM said Arjun's fall on Ramu caused his elbow to dislocate, rupturing the main artery in his hand.
He added that if he wasn't brought on time for the treatment, he would have succumbed to excessive bleeding.
Dr Pradeep Bhosle, head of the orthopaedic department at KEM hospital, said, "His artery has been ruptured and there has been substantial blood loss.
We have taken him for an operation and our team of doctors are trying to reconstruct his artery."
He added, "Ramu might have to lose his hand if the reconstruction fails. This is a very rare kind of injury and we might have to amputate his hand below the elbow if the operation is not successful."
Meanwhile, even though Arjun doesn't understand the complexities of the surgery, he had just one thing to say, "I will not go home till Ramu is out of danger.
We both left home together in the morning and we will go home together."
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No of govindas who are in ICU
205
Govindas wheeled in for injuries
