Boy injured in wall collapse evacuated to Male’

The young boy injured in a wall collapse in Th. Kandoodhoo on Friday has been evacuated to the capital for treatment.

The 10-year-old was taken to Male’ City on an air ambulance on Saturday morning.

Kandoodhoo Council’s vice president Ilyas Mahmood told Sun that the boy had been walking back home after playing with his friends, when a wall collapsed on him.

The incident took place at around 05:30 pm on Friday.

He was initially treated at the Kandoodhoo Health Center.

According to Ilyas, the center lacks the facilities needed to conduct tests to determine the extent of the boy’s internal injuries.

However, the bad weather prevailing across the country hindered attempts to have him transferred to another island.

He was finally transferred to Male’ on an air ambulance on Saturday morning.

The Kandoodhoo Health Center said the doctors recommended for him to be taken to the Indhira Gandhi Memorial Hospital (IGMH).

In a post on its official Facebook page, the health center thanked everyone who assisted in the efforts to have the boy transferred.

“Heartfelt thanks to everyone who assisted in this. Especially President Dr. Mohamed Muizzu, Minister of Health Dr. Abdulla Khaleel, and the heads of the Th. Atoll Hospital,” wrote the center.

Ilyas told Sun on Friday that the boy sustained injuries to his ankles, as well as his face and hands.

“I believe [he suffered the most serious injuries to the area] from the waist down,” he said.