Maharashtra: IAS officer fractures ribs after falling in washroom
Maharashtra's Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Sunil Porwal has been admitted to a hospital in Mumbai after he suffered injuries to his ribs and lungs due to a fall in a washroom, doctors said today. Porwal, 59, is undergoing treatment at Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Bombay Hospital and his condition is stable, Dr. Gautam Bhansali, who is treating the senior IAS officer, said.
Porwal slipped and fell in washroom
Porwal was on a visit to Mahabaleshwar hill station in Maharashtra's Satara district, located around 275 km from Mumbai, with his family when he slipped and fell in a washroom in the wee hours of Sunday, said another senior doctor.
IAS officer suffered chest injury in the incident: Doctor
"He (Porwal) suffered chest injury... His family members gave him painkillers to subside the pain. While he was returning to Mumbai, the pain became unbearable and his family contacted us," the doctor said. Porwal, a 1983-batch IAS officer, was immediately asked to get an X-Ray done at a hospital in Pune, which is en route to Mumbai, but the results were "unsatisfactory", he said.
Blood in lungs caused Porwal to lose consciousness: Doctor
"His CT scan showed that three of his ribs were broken. The multiple rib fracture caused bleeding, which led to blood entering his lungs," the doctor said. The blood in his lungs caused Porwal to lose consciousness, he said. "A tube was then inserted in his lungs and almost a liter of blood was pumped out, after which he regained consciousness," he added.
Porwal's condition is stable: Doctor
"The tube is still inserted and will be removed in one or two days," the doctor said. Though Porwal is in the ICU, he is stable and speaking to people, the doctor added.
