5 discharged, 6 remain in hospital after Gudauri ski-lift accident
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Individuals hurt in yesterday’s ski-lift accident in Georgia’s winter resort of Gudauri are still recovering.
Only six out of 11 of those injured remain in hospitals in the capital of Tbilisi.
One of the Russian tourists injured in yesterday’s accident, Oleg Vitrov, immediately returned to Gudauri after he was discharged from the Ghudushauri hospital.
Those who still remain in hospital are under state care.
One of the injured left the hospital very early today. He asked us to take him back to Gudauri early in the morning so that he would not lose the ski day. He is in Gudauri now and is enjoying his time”, Georgian Economy Minister Dimitri Kumsishvili said.
Thanking the Ghudushauri and MediClubGeorgia hospitals for doing everything to ensure the rapid recovery of those injured, Kumsishvili said all the other ski-lifts in Gudauri are operating without issue.
He said despite the accident all the injured promised to visit Georgia and enjoy its slopes again next year.
Georgian Minister of Economy Dimitri Kumsishvili visited those injured in the Gudauri ski-lift accident. Photo by the Ministry of Economy's press office
An investigation into incident has been launched to find the exact reason for the ski-lift malfunction. It is speculated that the culprit may have been a voltage fluctuation or brake issue.
The Government of Georgian has invited a group of independent, international technical experts who will soon arrive in Georgia to study the situation in detail and produce an unbiased report.
The finale for the youth tournament will be held in Gudauri from April 4-5. Photo from the Georgian Ski Federation Facebook page
Despite yesterday’s ski-lift accident, Gudauri continues to offer visitors various attractions, including a youth skiing tournament for the national cup of Georgia organised by the Georgian Ski Federation.
"We will do everything to ensure the maximum safety of our citizens and tourists, to protect the international reputation that our country has built, including through its ski resorts”, Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili said.
A ski-lift accident in Georgia’s eastern Gudauri resort has left 8 people with minor injuries, the Mountain Resorts Development Company of Georgia has reported. No fatalities have been recorded. One of the eight injured has already been discharged from hospital, the Georgian Health Minister David Sergeenko told the media.
17 members of the Georgian Interior Ministry’s Special Tasks Group have gone through basic exercises on how to overcome obstacles on snowy landscapes in Georgia’s Gudauri resort, in the country’s east. The exercises aimed at improving the skills and ability of ski patrols to better help people in wintertime conditions.
The world-famous business media outlet Bloomberg lists Georgia among five great European destinations that combine both culture and skiing.
International experts have arrived in Georgia’s winter resort of Gudauri to investigate the ski-lift accident that injured 11 on Friday.
“Rescuers worked professionally and fast”
Rustam Ibragimov, a Russian tourist and witness of the Gudauri ski-lift accident last week, has published a post on his Facebook page, in which he speaks about his own experience of the accident, trying to correct recently published misinformation.
International experts invited by the government of Georgia have completed their inspection in the country’s mountainous Gudauri ski resort, to determine the reasons of the ski-lift accident on March 16 which left 11 people with minor and moderate injuries.
The reason for the Gudauri ski-lift accident on March 16, which left 11 people with minor and moderate injuries, was human error. Experts from the world leading Bureau Veritas have been checking the site as well as the ski-lift documentation over the past few days, and today they presented the results of the inspection together with the Minister of Economy.