Cyrus Mistry car crash: Team of over 20 experts treating Anahita Pandole, husband Darius stable

The death of eminent businessman Cyrus Mistry jolted the country after he died in a car accident, while two other passengers were previously hurt.

In the aftermath of the accident that killed former Tata Group head Cyrus Mistry and one other and, severely hurt the other two passengers, Dr Anahita Pandole was operated on Thursday in Mumbai. Her husband, Darius Pandole, who sustained injuries in the car crash, is under observation and stable.

The fateful car accident occurred on September 4 when the Shapoorji Pallonji scion and Jahangir Pandole died on the spot. The other two passengers — Dr Anahita Pandole and Darius Pandole — were rushed to a local hospital in Maharashtra's Kasa village and later to Rainbow Hospital in Gujarat's Vapi. Later, they were taken to south Mumbai's Breach Candy Hospital.

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Sources said that Pandole's treatment was carried out with the intervention of doctors from overseas.

"Dr Anahita Pandole was operated today for pelvic reconstruction by an expert team of doctors at Sir HN Reliance Foundation Hospital. Given the complex pelvic fracture, multiple opinions of various experts around the world were also taken, including doctors from the USA, UK, Europe and more. Our team that conducted the surgery includes Dr Vaibhav Bagaria, Director, Department of Orthopaedics, Dr Dilip Tanna, Mentor Orthopedics, Dr Darius Soonawala, Consultant Orthopedics and senior anaesthetist Dr Daisy along with trained nurses and technicians," said Dr Tarang Gianchandani, CEO, Sir HN Reliance Foundation Hospital.

Also, the Chairman of the Academic Department of Trauma and Orthopedics Surgery at the University of Leeds has been flown from the UK to provide the team with expert advice. “With a team of 20 plus multi-disciplinary experts, we have been monitoring the condition of Dr Anahita closely for the last 11 days before planning any surgical intervention. Pelvic surgery was concluded this morning with precise techniques, clinical skills and modern technologies. This will enable us to achieve recovery from the injuries caused by a post-traumatic accident," the doctor said.