When the Air India plane went down on Thursday, it took lives of not just the 241 people on board, as well as some who were not on the plane.
Dr Minakshi Parikh, the dean of the BJ Medical College and Civil Hospital, says four of their students died as the plane crashed into buildings on the campus.
“There were also four relatives of our doctors who were on the campus when the aircraft crashed - they too were killed," she said.
The bodies of the crash victims have been brought to the hospital's mortuary. Staff members have been busy trying to identify bodies as hundreds of relatives wait anxiously.
“We are relying only on DNA matching to identify them. And it is something where we simply cannot rush or afford mistakes. We are working with sincerity. We want relatives to understand, and be a bit patient. We want to hand over [the bodies] as soon as possible,” she told us.
Asked how she was personally dealing with the situation, she said: “Maybe the shock will sink in later. Right now, for me and my team, there is no option but to rise to the challenge.”
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