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Blood and tears at Delhi hospitals after terror bombings
By Prashant K. Nanda and Sahil Makkar,
Sep 13, 2008 - 11:51:17 PM
New Delhi, Sep 13 - Minutes after the terror bombings ripped through the national capital, dripping blood, running footsteps of doctors and loud wails engulfed several Delhi hospitals Saturday evening.
The penetrating sirens of ambulances, the cry of the innocents, the creaking sounds of the stretchers carrying the terror victims and busy doctors inside the hospitals were grim signs that another tragedy had occurred - an inhuman act of terror that resulted in a chilling sense of fear gripping the national capital.
On entering the Jassa Ram Hospital in central Delhi, the tragic scene took one back to Jaipur and Ahmedabad - cities that have witnessed similar serial bombings in the last three months.
'Take him to the operation theatre...quick,' said a young doctor at the hospital, where victims were pronounced dead and another 20 were struggling to survive.
At the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, where over 50 people are nursing blast injuries, the scene was no different: a woman crying outside the main gate, a child sitting silently near a group of people, a stray dog moving through a corridor, sniffing at the blood that had dripped from a victim's body.
It was a sad reminder of how the weekend had proved fatal for many.
'We were planning to go to a movie Sunday. I don't know when he will be able to accompany me,' said Ravi, whose friend had been wheeled into the emergency ward at the hospital.
'Why make beautiful women widows and children orphans?' remarked a nurse at the hospital.
A old woman cried aloud, a young girl could not hold back her tears and a group of shell shocked men were giving sound bytes to a TV crew outside the Sir Gangaram Hospital.
'You know, journalism is painful sometimes. Neither can you hold yourself - nor can you console a bereaved family,' said TV journalist as he asked his cameraman to pan the camera towards a blood splashed body.
The pain, the tears and the busy mortuaries forced one to ponder: 'What do these heartless terrorists gain by killing innocent people?'
Five serial bombings shook the capital Saturday evening, killing at least 20 people and injuring nearly 100 others.
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