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8-Month-Old Survivor's Condition Improves After Air India Dreamliner Crash

Doctors expect he will be moved to a general ward soon after intensive care treatment for his burns

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Overview

  • The infant, Dhyaansh, suffered burns over 28% of his body and remains under sedation in the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit at Civil Hospital Ahmedabad
  • His mother, homeopath Manisha Kachhadiya, sustained burn injuries of lesser severity and has been transferred to the general ward in stable condition
  • Flight AI171, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, plunged into a residential block at BJ Medical College on June 12, killing 241 on board and 29 on the ground
  • The post-crash fire generated heat intense enough to inflict burns on occupants sheltering inside their flats
  • Dhyaansh’s father, Kapil Kachhadiya, a urology resident at BJ Medical College, has been closely monitoring his son’s recovery since the accident