Of the 40 people on board still under treatment, 22 patients suffered spinal cord injuries and six suffered brain and cranial injuries, a hospital official said.
Around twenty people who were on board a Singapore Airlines flight hit by severe turbulence and diverted to Bangkok for an emergency landing Tuesday remain in intensive care, a hospital official said.
“The number of patients in intensive care remains the same,” Adinun Kittiratanapaibool, director of Bangkok’s Samitivej Srinakarin Hospital, told reporters on Thursday, referring to the medical facility’s intensive care unit.
“People in intensive care are the ones who need special attention,” he said, adding that currently there were no life-threatening cases.
Of the 40 people on board still under treatment, 22 patients suffer from spinal cord injuries and six from brain and cranial injuries, he said.
The hospital’s oldest patient is 83 years old and the youngest is a two-year-old child who suffered a concussion, he added.
Adinun had said 41 people were still under treatment, but later said one person had been released.
Ten British citizens, nine Australians, seven Malaysians and four Filipinos were among the 41 people, according to a presentation made by Adinun.
It provided no breakdown of the number of passengers and crew under treatment.
One passenger died of a suspected heart attack and dozens more were injured after Singapore Airlines Flight SQ321 encountered what the airline described as sudden and extreme turbulence while flying over Myanmar.
More than 140 passengers and crew members of the flight reached Singapore on Wednesday.
