“At this moment, there are 10 victims in the hospital of the Syzran central city hospital.
Two of them are of moderate severity, eight are in critical condition in the intensive care unit ... Of the eight, six are on mechanical ventilation, ”the head of the Ministry of Health of the Samara Region Armen Benyan is quoted by the regional information policy department on Twitter.
The patients underwent the necessary emergency surgical interventions, as well as anti-shock measures.
At the same time, the department reported on the risk of "patient loss", since the critical period could last up to two weeks.
Psychologists of the Ministry of Emergency Situations work with the victims and their relatives.
Earlier it was reported that after an accident near Samara, 13 people were taken to the hospital, 11 of whom, including a six-month-old child, are in intensive care.
The authorities of the Ulyanovsk and Samara regions have decided to pay the families of those killed in an accident 1 million rubles each.
On January 29, 12 people were killed and 13 injured in an accident involving a truck and a bus in the Samara region.
A criminal case was initiated.