Mangaluru, June 12 -- Following the rescue of 18 crew members in the Singapore-flagged MV Wan Hai 503 ship explosion, six of them were admitted to the AJ Hospital in Mangaluru on Tuesday.

According to plastic surgeon Dr Dinesh Kadam, a Chinese national with 40 per cent burns and an Indonesian citizen in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) are being closely monitored. Both patients require more time in the ICU, whereas the condition of the other four crew members is stable.

One of the crew members will be discharged from the hospital, whereas others will stay because of the impact and facial burns caused due to the accident.

"A Chinese national with 40% burns and an Indonesian national are in ICU and are being closely monitored. Their vitals ...