Overseas minister Vyalar Ravi to be discharged from Cote d'Ivoire hospital in a few days
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ABUJA: Minister of Overseas Affairs Vayalar Ravi who was injured in a car crash in Liberia will be discharged soon, diplomatic sources at the Indian embassy at Abidjan, the capital of Cote d'Ivoire said today.
"He is out of danger and stable and I believe that in the next two or three days he will be discharged depending on the discretion of the doctors at the hospital," he added.
Ravi was injured in a car accident in Liberia on February 4 while on a tour to some African countries. On February 5 he was airlifted to Cote d'Ivoire for further treatment. The countries on his itinerary were Ghana, Tanzania, Kenya, Liberia and Nigeria.
He was on his way to catch a flight to Nigeria his next destination before a speeding taxi ran into the car conveying him. He was rushed to John F Kennedy (JFK) hospital for urgent medical attention.
Officials were waiting to receive him at the Murtala Muhammed International airport in Lagos when the news of the accident came. The Nigerian visit scheduled for February 5 was cancelled.
The Ambassador to Cote d'Ivoire with concurrent accreditation to Liberia, Shamma Jain who was with him in the car was also injured and was airlifted with him.
Before moving to Cote d'Ivoire, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf who was returning from an African Union summit visited them at the hospital. Indian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mahesh Sachdev had said the minister was out of danger.
"He is out of danger and stable and I believe that in the next two or three days he will be discharged depending on the discretion of the doctors at the hospital," he added.
Ravi was injured in a car accident in Liberia on February 4 while on a tour to some African countries. On February 5 he was airlifted to Cote d'Ivoire for further treatment. The countries on his itinerary were Ghana, Tanzania, Kenya, Liberia and Nigeria.
He was on his way to catch a flight to Nigeria his next destination before a speeding taxi ran into the car conveying him. He was rushed to John F Kennedy (JFK) hospital for urgent medical attention.
Officials were waiting to receive him at the Murtala Muhammed International airport in Lagos when the news of the accident came. The Nigerian visit scheduled for February 5 was cancelled.
The Ambassador to Cote d'Ivoire with concurrent accreditation to Liberia, Shamma Jain who was with him in the car was also injured and was airlifted with him.
Before moving to Cote d'Ivoire, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf who was returning from an African Union summit visited them at the hospital. Indian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mahesh Sachdev had said the minister was out of danger.
