PALAKKAD: Power minister K Krishnankutty said Babu, the youth who was rescued by the army on Wednesday after he was trapped in a crevice on Kurumbachi Mala for over two days, is likely to be discharged from the district hospital on Friday. He came to the hospital on Thursday to meet Babu.
District medical officer Dr KP Reetha informed that Babu's condition is satisfactory and that he has started eating food. Some more tests will be done on Friday and if the results are satisfactory, he will be discharged later in the day, she added. The youth said that his leg injury is healing and with adequate rest and food, he is feeling better.