Press Reports

We found a similar clipping in Times of India also.

Like the majority, I trust the newspaper like a bible. However my confidence was shattered after seeing the news reports in the newspapers. Not one but several had wrong details. Some where down right lazy to write a report after just visiting the Apollo hospital.

Errors:

1) The no of injuries reported - took into account only those who had taken x-rays in Apollo. Atleast this is true with regard to reports under the heading "from Infosys". What about those who were treated in K.R. Hopsital. Infact non-Infoscion co-passenger had eye-surgery there (likelihood of recovering his vision is just 20%)

2) "Eye witness attributed the accident to slippery road condition" - hmm that is news for us. The road wasnt slippery by any counts. It was just moist....

3) "driver of the bus lost control over the vehicle when a truck (HR 55B 7205) while trying to overtake, hit the bus from behind." As passenger in the bus we can confirm that we grazed only against a container coming from the opposite direction. Infact the speed at which our bus was travelling, no truck could have even thought about overtaking. These people cant even get some facts straight before publishing. This is being lapped up by other news agencies also :-(

4) "Amitabh babbar" - Please dont rechristen anybody without their permission. Please check the bills/patient records in Apollo or ask us (guess the reporter came very late after we had been discharged). He is Ankit Babbar.