Hassan Cheruppa Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — The condition of five Indian students, who were seriously injured in a car accident on Friday, is improving, according to hospital sources. “Usama Muhammad and Lloyd are still critical but there has been some improvement in their condition. As for the other three students, their conditions have improved considerably,” Syed Masood Ahmad, principal of International Indian School Jeddah, told Saudi Gazette quoting the hospital sources. Four students from IISJ and one from Al Falah International School (DPS Jeddah) were involved in a car crash while they were returning home after sitting for Central Board of Secondary Education Grade 12 examination. “Dr. Wael, neurosurgeon, and Dr. Iqbal Musani, senior doctor at Al Jedaani Hospital, informed Usama, who had a brain hemorrhage, underwent CT scanning this morning and the report showed that there was no further bleeding,” said Ahmad. “Lloyd who has also head injuries is still not out of danger,” he added. “The injuries sustained by Lloyd are quite threatening and we cannot say precisely anything now,” the doctors said. The condition of Muzammil Ahmed and Ajaz Muhammad has improved significantly. Muzammil, who has been taken off the ventilator, regained consciousness and spoke a few words in the morning, according to his father. Ajaz has undergone CT scanning this morning and the report is reassuring. The condition of Huzaifa Mahmoud seems to be little better, the principal, who visited both hospitals and met doctors, said. Ahmad thanked the hospital staff, members of the Indian community, parents, and the entire school staff for their full support in meeting the critical situation. IISJ Managing Committee Chairman Mohammed Abdul Raziq said that the community's response was overwhelming when the hospital authorities sought blood for the students. “Hundreds of community members swarmed Al Jedaani Hospital within half an hour to donate blood.” “They included many community leaders, school managing committee members, parents, teachers and fellow students. A large number of school staffers and students were at Al Jedaani Hospital and Soliman Fakeeh Hospital offering their full support and consoling parents of the injured students,” he said. Abdul Raziq told Saudi Gazette that the school managing committee would take up the issue of students' transportation seriously so as to avoid the chances of such repeat mishaps in future. “Apart from taking all the possible precautionary and safety measures, we should also alert parents not to allow their children to drive cars, especially during exam days. We will strictly enforce written undertaking from parents of those students who do not avail school bus facility that they should come personally to pick their children,” he said.
