Man saved from residential building rubble in Batumi regains consciousness
Two children, including one newborn, have also been rescued in Batumi on October 8. Photo: Emergency Management Service/Facebook
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A man, who was rescued from the rubble of a collapsed residential building in Batumi, has regained consciousness, doctors say.
Zviad Tavdgiridze, 37, who is one of the survivors of the tragic incident remains in serious, but stable condition. However, he has started regaining his consciousness after he was removed from the artificial ventilation.
A residential building partially collapsed in Georgia's Black Sea city of Batumi on October 8, leaving an unidentified number of people trapped under the debris. pic.twitter.com/bb3533DBir
— Red Cross Georgia (@RedCrossGeorgia) October 8, 2021
The hospital director Medea Kajaia says the man will stay in the intensive care unit until the full recovery.
Nine people including three minors have died after a large section of the residential building collapsed in Batumi on October 8.
Three individuals have been detained for the illegal construction works in the building leading to its eventual collapse.
Flags on all government buildings in Georgia will be flying at half mast on Monday as October 11 has been declared a day of mourning.
On #26MayStreet #Batumi the citizens bring flowers and toys as a sign of #mourning.
— ბათუმელები • Batumelebi.ge (@Batumelebi_ge) October 9, 2021
9 people including 3 children have been killed by the #buildingcollapse, 1 was rescued with minor injuries, and 1 is being treated in #ICU#ნგრევაბათუმში #georgia pic.twitter.com/DmppqxHSPu
People have brought flowers, toys and candles at an iron fence surrounding the building to pay tribute to the victims of the tragic incident.
A number of foreign dignitaries have sent their condolences to the government of Georgia and Georgian people in the sign of solidarity.
Foreign dignitaries send condolences to Georgia for the tragic collapse of a residential building in the Georgian Black Sea town of Batumi on October 8 causing the death of nine. The Apostolic Nunciature of Pope Francis 'joins in thoughts and prayers to those of the whole of Georgia for the eternal rest of the victims of the Batumi tragedy, for survivors that they may find comfort in their faith, and in gratitude to all who assist'.
Tbilisoba City Fest 2021, which was slated for October 24, has been cancelled following the tragic collapse of a residential building in the Georgian Black Sea town of Batumi on October 8 causing the death of nine.
Flags on all government buildings in Georgia will be flying at half mast on Monday for the victims of a residential building collapse in the Black Sea town of Batumi, Georgia. Sending his condolences to the families of those who have died in Batumi, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili has declared October 11 a day of mourning.
A ninth body has been recovered from the rubble of a residential building in the Black Sea town of Batumi, Interior Minister Vakhatang Gomelauri has announced. He assumes there is no one else left in the rubble so that the rescue operation will come to an end.
Three people have been charged by the Prosecutor’s Office for violating safety regulations during the construction work in the residential building in the Georgian seaside town of Batumi on October 8 causing the death of nine.Promising to take all the legal steps ‘to protect the legitimate interests of the victims', the Prosecutor’s Office sends the ‘deepest condolences’ to the families of those who have died during the tragic incident.
A suspended ceiling has collapsed in a ward of the Iashvili Batumi Maternal and Child Central Hospital in the Black Sea coastal city of Batumi. Four children were in the ward at night when the incident happened but nobody was injured. The hospital management said that the cause of the accident would be identified after the investigation.
Three individuals charged with violating construction safety regulations which allegedly caused the collapse of a section of a residential building in Batumi on October 8 killing nine individuals have been denied bail. The Georgian Chief Prosecutor’s Office says that workers removed a retaining wall of the residential building per the instruction of one Zaur Budagov, who had no official consent to carry out renovation work on his property.
Georgian national flags are flying at half-mast on all government buildings across the country today in mourning of nine Georgian citizens who died as a result of a residential building collapse in the Black Sea town of Batumi on October 8
The condition of a man rescued from the rubble of a building which collapsed in Batumi last week is severe but stable, says director of MedCenter clinic Medea Kajaia. She said that Zviad Tavdgiridze, 37, who is one of the survivors of the tragic incident, will stay in the intensive care unit until fully recovered.
Ten rescuers and fire-fighters have been awarded for their bravery during the tragic collapse of a residential building in the Georgian Black Sea town of Batumi on October 8 which killed nine.
Zviad Tavdgiridze, 37, one of the survivors of the residential building collapse in Batumi on October 8, has been discharged from hospital.