Man saved from residential building rubble in Batumi in severe but stable condition
Zviad Tavdgiridze, 37, who is one of the survivors of the tragic incident, will stay in the intensive care unit until fully recovered. Photo: Interior Ministry press office.
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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.
Sister of Zviad Tavdgiridze, Maia Tavdgiridze, says that her brother spent 11 hours in an upright position after the residential building collapsed.
He said that he was sitting on the sofa, drinking coffee when the building collapsed. He has twins and a wife. They left home just 10 minutes before the collapse", she said.
Nine people including three minors died after a large section of the residential building collapsed in Batumi on October 8.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili sent his condolences to the families of those who died in Batumi and said that the government will do its best to help the residents of the collapsed building.
The Government of Adjara has done everything and we, the central government, will stand by them that as soon as possible everyone is given residential apartments. In addition, they will receive monetary compensation in order to arrange appropriate conditions in their homes", Garibashvili said.
Today is a day of mourning in Georgia for the victims of the tragedy.
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
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.
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 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.