The victims were taking a selfie while posing on a scaffolding near a resort on Wednesday when they fell and suffered injuries. (Representational image)
Panaji:
The urge to click a selfie while hanging from a rickety scaffolding in coastal village of Anjuna proved costly for two women tourists, who suffered spine injuries, rendering them paralysed.
The victims, both in their mid-20s, were taking a selfie while posing on a scaffolding near a resort on Wednesday, when they fell and suffered injuries, a senior official here from the Manipal Hospital said.
"They were on a scaffolding one-storey high when the scaffolding collapsed. They are paralysed waist downwards due to injury to the spine, but both are alive," Shekhar Salkar, a senior consultant at the Manipal Hospital, told reporters.
The hospital has, however, refused to divulge the identity of the two women patients.
No police complaint was registered yet.
The victims, both in their mid-20s, were taking a selfie while posing on a scaffolding near a resort on Wednesday, when they fell and suffered injuries, a senior official here from the Manipal Hospital said.
"They were on a scaffolding one-storey high when the scaffolding collapsed. They are paralysed waist downwards due to injury to the spine, but both are alive," Shekhar Salkar, a senior consultant at the Manipal Hospital, told reporters.
The hospital has, however, refused to divulge the identity of the two women patients.
No police complaint was registered yet.
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