TRAUMATISED: The persons injured in the road accident near Gouraram, at the Gandhi hospital in Secunderabad on Saturday. Photo Mohd Yosuf

HYDERABAD: Cries of pain, screams for help and prayers for relief. The emergency ward of the Gandhi hospital witnessed heart-rending scenes as the 21 persons injured in the ghastly Gouraram road accident in Medak district on Saturday were rushed there.

Some had their legs broken, others fractured hands, still others received serious head injuries and everyone was in a state of shock.

Only two of the injured persons could walk in after they were driven to the hospital in three vehicles along with others.

But they too appeared to be in a state of delirium and could not speak.

"I sat on the last rows of seats and slept. Suddenly, there was a loud noise. The entire vehicle shook and my forehead hit against the vehicle's top," M. Manoj Kumar recalled, trembling.

He suffered bruises all over the face.

More than the injuries, seeing 10 of the co-passengers dead in the crushed bus left him shell-shocked.

"When I opened eyes some were writhing in pain with broken limbs and others were shouting for help with serious head injuries. No one should ever face such dreadful situation," he said.

Alerted by the police about the major accident, Gandhi hospital superintendent A.Y. Chary got the emergency ward ready for extending treatment to the injured on war-footing. Nurses, doctors, attendants, surgical material and medicines were kept ready.

As soon as the vehicles carrying the injured persons drove in, the hospital staff rushed out, brought them in and began treatment.

But the condition of one person, Rajamallu, deteriorated and he was shifted to the Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences.

Local police, led by Gopalapuram ACP Mohd. Tajuddin, co-ordinated with the doctors in shifting the injured persons to the hospital.

Telangana Rashtra Samithi Legislature Party leader Vijaya Rama Rao and TRS leader and former minister N. Narsimha Reddy called on the injured persons.

They urged Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy to announce an ex gratia of Rs. 10 lakhs to each of the family of the dead and Rs. 5 lakhs to each of the injured since they were coming to city to join the Congress.

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