Uttarakhand Tunnel Rescue: Workers Flown To AIIMS-Rishikesh For Medical Checkup

An official at AIIMS-Rishikesh said the rescued workers will be kept at the hospital for at least 24 hours.

Rescued workers from the Silkyara Tunnel being airlifted to AIIMS Rishikesh aboard IAF Chinook helicopter.

Source : PTI

New Delhi: After the successful rescue of all 41 workers from the Uttarkashi tunnel, they were airlifted to AIIMS-Rishikesh for further medical checkups on Wednesday. They were flown to AIIMS Rishikesh in IAF's transport aircraft Chinook.

41 workers were rescued from the collapsed tunnel in Uttarkashi after 17 days of relentless efforts by multiple agencies, on Tuesday evening.

An official at AIIMS-Rishikesh said the rescued workers will be kept at the hospital for at least 24 hours.

#WATCH | Rishikesh, Uttarakhand: Medical examination of all the 41 workers who were rescued from Silkyara tunnel yesterday, underway in Rishikesh AIIMS pic.twitter.com/7w8oH5Pff8

— ANI (@ANI) November 29, 2023

Doctor Narendra Kumar, Assistant Professor, AIIMS Rishikesh said, "It is difficult to say how long will it take (for the workers to stay in hospital). There will be an initial assessment by a team of doctors...Only after that will we be able to clearly say. They will perhaps have to stay here for 24 hours..."

He said that none of the workers have suffered any injuries. "All 41 workers have been brought to us...None of them have suffered any injuries...Main role is of psychiatry and internal medicine and doctors," Kumar said.

#WATCH | Uttarkashi (Uttarakhand) tunnel rescue | Doctor Narendra Kumar, Assistant Professor, Hospital Administration, AIIMS Rishikesh says, "All 41 workers have been brought to us...None of them have suffered any injuries...Main role is of psychiatry and internal medicine and… pic.twitter.com/oQPpcisjxw

— ANI (@ANI) November 29, 2023

"They don't seem to be under any sort of mental stress. Still, we have teams of psychiatrists and doctors of internal medicine who will do their initial examination. After that evaluation, blood investigation, chest x-ray, and whatever other requirements the doctors deem correct will be done. After all of these, we will decide who needs observation or discharge." he added.

Speaking to ANI, Dehradun DM Sonika said, "All the workers have been brought to the wards. Medical protocols are being followed, and all the workers are being examined and they're under observation..."

The workers were kept under medical observation at a hospital in Chinyalisaur after their evacuation.

Earlier on November 12, a portion of the under-construction Silkyara tunnel, a part of the ambitious Char Dham all-weather road project, collapsed leading to 41 labourers being trapped inside about 30 km from the district headquarters of Uttarkashi.