Student pierced by javelin out of danger

10 January 2014 10:19 am

The condition of the seventeen-year-old student of Panamura Central College, Embilipitiya who was critically injured when a javelin pierced his face close to the eye was now stable and he was recovering, the Colombo National Hospital said.

“The health condition of the student is stable and he has regained consciousness. The part of the javelin lodged in his eye was removed through surgery,” Pushpa Ramyani Soysa, the Hospital’s Nurses Training Officer said today.

A javelin that was thrown during the school Sports Meet of Panamura Central College pierced the eye of the student on Thursday. (Lahiru Pothmulla)

Pictures before the Surgery




Pix by Lasantha Niroshan Perera