The deadly Delhi blast has left 'over 1000 pellets' lodged in the body of one of the injured which may stay there for the rest of his life, according to doctors attending on him.
37-year-old Nitin, a software consultant, who is recovering in the Ram Manohar Lohia Trauma Centre has pellets buried in his legs, right hand and right side of his face.
"Many of the injured have pellets lodged in their bodies. In case of Nitin, it is shocking that over 1,000 alone are lodged in his body. Nails, precariously large, have been used in the blast this time.
In Pramod Kumar Mahindra, the nail has got embedded in his thigh in C shape," Sunil Saxena, chief medical officer, RML hospital said.
Nitin was unconscious when he was brought to the hospital.
"He was bleeding from the legs, hands and face. The sight was horrible. He has undergone a surgery and was in the ICU for some time. Now his condition is stable and we will conduct another tomorrow," he said.
"Since the pellets get sterile due to high temperature during the blast, so they won't cause any infection. As such we will not make any attempt to remove any of the pellets until the medical examination suggest that they might be dangerous.
Ratan Lall Shroff, whose both legs were severed in the blast, has pellets lodged on the back side of his body.
"Connective tissues will develop over them and will cover it. So they will never be visible on the skin," he said. Till now a total of 31 patients are undergoing treatment in the hospital and three are critical.
13 have been discharged till now. Saxena said: "If needed, we will provide such patients with a medical card that will identify them as a person who has embedded metal parts in his body. This will help them during electronic frisking at airports and other places."