Injured woman diplomat leaves for Israel

New Delhi, Feb 17 (PTI) Tal Yehoshua, the Israeli woman diplomat who suffered spine and liver injuries in Monday's bomb attack in the Indian capital, was today discharged from a hospital here and has left for her home country. Undergoing treatment at the Primus Super Speciality hospital since Monday night, 40-year-old Tal, who is also the wife of Israeli Defence Attache here, was whisked away in an ambulance from the back gate of the hospital today in the evening to avoid media glare. Tal, who underwent surgeries in the spine and liver, was taken on a stretcher to the ambulance. Dr Arun Bhanot, chief of spine surgery at the hospital who was attending on Tal said, "We discharged her after our team of multi-speciality doctors attending on her felt she was medically fit. "We got an intimation from the embassy asking us if she can be discharged. We agreed as her condition had improved and she was recovering well." On Monday evening after the blast, she was brought to the hospital bleeding profusely. A shrapnel measuring 1.5cm from the blast site had got stuck in her spine putting pressure on the nerve. Another shrapnel had cut her liver which led to heavy bleeding. Bhanot said, "We removed the shrapnel, fixed the spine and also managed her liver. Her paralysis in her leg has partially recovered. In another two weeks time we are hopeful she will be able to walk around." PTI