LAHORE: A 15-year-old boy, who suffered critical burns along with 40 others when gas-filled balloons exploded on April 21, died at Mayo Hospital late on Friday.
Three children who had suffered three to four per cent burns are still under treatment at Jinnah Hospital but their condition is stated to be normal. The injured had been rushed to General, Jinnah and Mayo hospitals following the incident.
Mayo Medical Superintendent Dr Amjad Shahzad said Naveed Asghar of Dev Kalan village was referred here from Jinnah Hospital with above 40pc burns and was in a critical condition. He said a team of plastic and surgery department doctors was treating the patient but he succumbed to his wounds.
He said Asghar was the only victim received by Mayo Hospital.
During a ceremony on Walton Road to inaugurate a new flyover by the chief minister on April 21 near Dev Kalan village, Kamahan Road, several helium-filled balloons had landed in a makeshift playground and caught fire when someone touched them with a cigarette, according to initial police inquiries.
Jinnah Hospital received majority of the injured and relatives of some of the patients claimed doctors had discharged them in haste.
MS Dr Muhammad Rauf denied the allegations saying most of the victims had been discharged after proper treatment.
Presently, he said, only three children were under treatment at private rooms of the hospital.
Dr Rauf said the discharged children had been visiting the health facility for follow-up treatment. On Saturday, he said the doctors called seven children for assessment and cleansing their wounds.