Indian Worker Loses Leg In Jerusalem Construction Site Accident

An Indian worker has lost his left leg in an accident at a construction site in Jerusalem after tiles being lifted by a crane fell on him.Sharwan Kumar Warma, 36, from Rajasthan, lost his left leg in the accident last Wednesday and is being treated at Hadassah Hospital in Ein Kerem, Jerusalem.

Warma's colleagues from India told media that his "leg was severed from his body at the construction site itself the very moment tiles fell on him from a crane whose belt got torn midway in the air".

"He



received emergency treatment at the site and was then transferred to the hospital in an unconscious state," one of them said. He was initially admitted to the neurosurgery department but was transferred to a general ward on Tuesday after "starting to respond and speak somewhat", his colleagues said. 

An executive at the company where Warma works told media that he is "fully covered through insurance" and that the company is also involving Bituach Leumi (National Insurance) "so that he can get the best possible care".