Pushpa 2 Chaos: State Government To Bear Treatment Cost Of Injured Boy, says Hyderabad CP (Photo: Times Now)
Victim boy who was injured during Pushpa 2 premier in Sandhya Theatre still remains critical : medical team
Hyderabad Commissioner of Police, CV Anand and Telangana Health Secretary Christina visited KIMS Hospital to understand the health condition of the victim boy Sri Tej who was injured in Sandhya Theatre chaos incident during Pushpa 2 premier while actor Allu Arjun watching the movie.
Hyderabad CP, CV Anand after speaking to the medical team said, Health condition of the victim boy Sri Tej remains critical, doctors are trying their best to save the boy. Expenses of the treatment at the hospital will be bared by Telangana Government.
Earlier Allu Arjun in a video released by him said that, what happened at the Sandhya Theatre is very unfortunate and irreparable. I will standby the family and will take care of the expenses at the hospital where victim boy Sri Tej is getting treated.
Medical team at KIMS Hospital has today released a health bulletin on victim boy’s health condition stating that, Initial MRI brain of the child was showing changes of perinatal insult, with no new hypoxic changes with CT chest showing changes related to aspiration. Repeat MRI done on 10 December 2024 was showing subtle restricted diffusion involving sub cortical and parietal lobes – possibility of delayed white matter injury secondary to hypoxic ischemic insult.
Team added, Child was given extubation trail and was extubated, but with in 48 hours, he was reintubated in view of worsening respiratory distress, inability to maintain airway free of secretions and increased dystonia. There is no significant improvement in neurological condition (with GCS E2VTM3) and child is requiring ventilatory support with minimal settings and minimal improvement in dystonia and no clinical seizure. Child had aspiration and has fever spikes. ET secretions showed growth of Pseudomonas requiring upgradation of antibiotics. He is requiring minimal ionotropic support. Child is being continued on NG feeds which he is tolerating well with adequate urine output. Plan of tracheostomy is being considered. The condition remains critical, and the patient is under intensive care and close monitoring as the medical team including Dr. Chetan R Mundada, Sr. Consultant Paediatric Critical care and Dr. P Vishnu Tej, Consultant Paediatric Intensivist working to stabilise him further.