This Article is From Feb 14, 2012

Injured diplomat likely to be flown back to Israel

Injured diplomat likely to be flown back to Israel
New Delhi: Tal Yehoshua, the Israeli woman diplomat, hurt badly in a car bomb blast in New Delhi on Monday, is likely to be flown back to her country once her condition stablises.

40-year-old Yehoshua, wife of an Israeli Defence Attache, who herself is a diplomat and working in the mission, was critically injured in the explosion and underwent surgeries to remove splinters from her spine and liver.

"At the moment we are not working on her being airlifted immediately. She has to be stable and recover before we do that. The doctors have to give a clearance for the same," Israeli embassy spokesperson David Goldfarb said.

"Once stable, naturally the diplomat would like to go back home," he also said.

Meanwhile, sources said two Israeli doctors, who are assisting the team treating her, have suggested that she may be moved by Friday. The Israeli doctors arrived in New Delhi late last night.

Doctors at Primus Hospital in New Delhi have removed a small portion of her injured liver during surgery.

Doctors treating her are of the opinion that she needs to be in constant medical observation for the next 24 hours even as she was conscious and talking to her family.

The diplomat was injured in a suspected terror attack when the embassy car she was travelling in exploded seconds after a motorcycle borne man placed a magnetic explosive on the vehicle at a traffic junction. 
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