LAHORE: Punjab Provincial Law Minister Rana Sanaullah has said the DNA tests were being conducted to identify the bodies burnt in the oil tanker accident near Bahawalpur.
Talking to the media here on Sunday, he said the driver of the tanker, who had survived the accident, has been taken into custody.
The minister said that efforts were underway to provide the best possible healthcare to the injured.
He said that unfortunately, the oil tanker overturned near a populated area and people began collecting leaked oil into buckets in defiance of the civil authorities’ warning about possible explosion due to highly inflammable chemical oozing from the tanker.
He said the bodies had been evacuated from the site; however, they were yet to be identified. “Many bodies are beyond identification,” he added.
He said that the city where the incident occurred had a well-equipped hospital to provide first aid to the injured and those in precarious condition were being shifted to Lahore and CMH Multan.
‘BEST MEDICAL FACILITIES BEING PROVIDED TO VICTIMS OF OIL TANKER’
Nishtar Medical Institute (NMI) Vice Chancellor Dr. Mustafa Pasha on Sunday said that the best medical facilities were being provided to those injured in the oil-tanker incident.
During a briefing, he said 59 injured people had been shifted to burn unit of the Nishtar Hospital from Ahmedpur East; five of them have succumbed to their injuries.
He said an ample quantity of medicines was available at the hospital and the best medical facilities were being provided to the injured.
Pasha also said that extra staff had been called to the hospital for treatment of the injured; doctors were providing the maximum relief to the injured, he added.
He said that holidays of all the staff at the hospital had been cancelled and they will remain on duty during Eid.
