BANGALORE, Dec 8:
A partially visually impaired Pakistani cricket player today accidentally drank diluted phenyl in his hotel mistaking it to be mineral water and was hospitalised, official sources said.
Zeshan Abbasi (28), here to play World Cup Cricket for the Blind, took a sip of the contents of a plastic bottle that was kept on the table, mistaking it to be mineral water while having breakfast, sources said.
Immediately after learning about the incident, the organisers of the tourney rushed Abbasi to the private multi-speciality MS Ramaiah Hospital, where he is being treated and kept under observation.
“Abbasi is fine”, Organising Secretary of the Cricket Association for the Blind, Bangalore, Mahantesh told PTI.
“Abbasi underwent endoscopy as we wanted to rule out any complication and also subjected to certain tests. All reports are normal. He has been shifted to the ward and is fine. He will be kept in observation for about two hours, after which he will be discharged”, Dr Shetty, President, M S Ramaiah Hospital, said. (PTI)
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