A man who was critically burned in a fire on Saturday at Dhaalu atoll Vaanee school has been evacuated to Sri Lanka for medical treatment, reports Haveeru.
Twenty-one year-old Abdulla Hussain from Alivilaage/Vaanee suffered burns to almost 65 per cent of his body, and currently requires a respirator to breathe. Doctors at Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital (IGMH) said the fire had scorched Hussain’s lungs, and a subsequent infection had filled them with fluid causing him to struggle to breath.
“Because of that we decided to send him abroad in case his condition got worse,” Dr Abdulla Ubaid told Haveeru.
Another man injured in the fire, 21 year-old Ibrahim Rasheed of Hiyaleege/Vaanee, suffered burns to 40 per cent of his body. He is still in intensive care but is recovering, doctors said.