Pinki shifted to city-based B R Singh Hospital

Kolkata: Asian Games gold medalist Pinki Pramanik, who was injured in a road accident near Purulia, was

today shifted to city-based B R Singh Hospital. According to coach of the West Bengal Athletic Association Ashish Sengupta, Pinki`s condition was out of danger as the athlete was able to move today. But the condition of her father, Durgacharan Pramanik, is still "very critical" and is being treated at the Tata Main Hospital in Jamshedpur. "She has sustained deep cuts on her forehead, eyebrow, jaw and knees, for which she underwent stitches. She had a light walk today and her condition is not dangerous. She has been admitted at the Intensive Therapy Unit," Sengupta said. "But she is having terrible back pain. X-ray would be done tomorrow and doctors would tell us the exact status. But from my assessment she should be able to take the field within a couple of months," he added. West Bengal Sports minister Kanti Ganguly today visited the Railway athlete at the Sealdah-based Eastern Railway hospital. A member of the Indian quartet who won gold in the 4x400m relay in the 2006 Doha Asian Games, Pinki was yesterday returning home to Bagmundi village after inaugurating the Purulia Athletic Championship at Manbhum Stadium when her car collided with an another vehicle. PTI