Sonia meets injured at Safdarjung Hospital

New Delhi, Feb 20 (UNI) UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi today visited the Safdarjung Hospital and met the eleven people injured in yesterday's Samjhauta Express blasts.

Ms Gandhi met all the eleven patients undergoing treatment at the burns ward of the Hospital and spoke to the doctor about the treatment being given to them, hospital sources said.

''She was very concerned about the health of the injured, particulary children including a one-year old girl and a nine-year old boy,'' sources added.

The Congress President, however, declined to speak to the mediapersons waiting outside the burns ward of the hospital.

The toll in the blasts on the Delhi-Attari Samjhauta Express near Panipat in Haryana rose to 68 with the death of a 15-year-old Pakistani boy in the hospital this morning.

Many dignitaries, including Home Minister Shivraj Patil, Railways Minister Lalu Prasad and Pakistan High Commissioner to India Shahid Malik, yesterday visited the 12 injured who were admitted to the safdarjung Hospital.

UNI