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A twelvemonth aft the stampede astatine Sandhya Theatre successful RTC X roads during the premiere of Allu Arjun starrer ‘Pushpa-2’, nine-year-old subsister M. Sritej has shown lone 5% betterment and continues to acquisition intensive neuro-rehabilitation successful Hyderabad.
Speaking to The Hindu, a household subordinate said that advancement of the unfortunate has been painfully dilatory contempt round-the-clock care. “He is incapable to talk, devour oregon portion connected his own, and sometimes adjacent struggles to breathe,” the comparative said, describing a twelvemonth marked by uncertainty and dense affectional strain.
Eight-years-old astatine the clip of the incident, Sritej suffered terrible encephalon wounded and oxygen proviso to his encephalon was chopped disconnected during the stampede. Doctors accidental the harm was extensive, and that betterment depends connected the encephalon gradually regaining the quality to construe signals.
After being admitted to KIMS Hospital, Secunderabad, successful a semi-conscious authorities with dangerously debased oxygen saturation connected the nighttime of December 4, 2024, helium was instantly intubated and placed connected ventilator enactment successful the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit. He remained determination for implicit 4 months earlier being discharged connected April 29, 2025 and moved to a neuro-rehabilitation facility for semipermanent treatment.
For the family, the past twelvemonth has felt frozen successful grief. Sritej’s mother, 35-year-old M. Revathi, died successful the stampede. She, her hubby Bhaskar, and their 2 children had gone to the screening due to the fact that Sritej was an ardent instrumentality of Allu Arjun, an outing that turned into devastation. “Life has not moved astatine each for us. We mislaid her, and present helium is warring each day,” the household subordinate said.
The fiscal load has been arsenic crushing. According to Sritej’s father, Magudampalli Bhaskar, the household needs astir ₹90,000 a period for attraction each month, too the further expenses. “The attraction is expensive, and we request much help. We had reached retired to the movie manufacture representatives astir 15 days agone but did not perceive from them. Today, we yet got a telephone from the industry, and they said they volition cooperate,” helium said.
Mr. Bhaskar is present raising his son, girl and aged parent alone, navigating some the nonaccomplishment of his woman and the unrelenting demands of semipermanent care.
A case was booked by the Chikkadpally police against histrion Allu Arjun, his idiosyncratic information unit and the absorption of Sandhya Theatre, probe into which is inactive underway.
