AHMEDABAD: Yash Vyas was only 10 years old when he suffered severe burn injuries after a bomb blast rocked a hospital ward in Asarva area of Ahmedabad in July 2008. He is grateful to God for saving his life, but not a day passes when he does not remember his father and elder brother who died in the blast.
Vyas, now aged 24, is pursuing his graduation in science, but his family's struggles continue even after 13 years of the horrific incident and the mental scars caused by it are yet to heal.
Like him, many other victims also recalled the horror after 21 synchronised blasts ripped the city on July 26, 2008, killing 56 people and leaving over 200 others injured. Vyas recalled that he spent four months in the ICU of a hospital after suffering over 50 per cent burn injuries in the incident, and has not recovered completely till date.
“I am still suffering from partial hearing impairment because of the explosion. I spent nearly four months in the ICU while my father and elder brother Rohan, who was then 12 years old, died in the blast. I miss them. My mother and grandmother suffered a lot all these years and our struggle still continues,” he said. PTI
