The rape victim who was brought for medical treatment ”passed away
peacefully” with her family and officials of the Indian embassy by her
side,” said Dr. Kevin Loh, the chief executive of Mount Elizabeth
hospital where she had been treated since Thursday. “The Mount Elizabeth
Hospital team of doctors, nurses and staff join her family in mourning
her loss,” he said in a statement.
“Despite all efforts by a team of eight specialists in Mount Elizabeth
Hospital to keep her stable, her condition continued to deteriorate over
these two days. She had suffered from severe organ failure following
serious injuries to her body and brain. She was courageous in fighting
for her life for so long against the odds but the trauma to her body was
too severe for her to overcome.” Dr. Loh said.
Indian High Commissioner to Singapore, T.C.A. Raghanvan told reporters
that the scale of the injuries she suffered was “very grave” and in the
end it “proved too much". He said arrangements are being made to take
her body back to India
But by late Friday, the young woman's condition had “taken a turn for
the worse” and her vital signs had deteriorated. It was clear then that
she would not survive long.
PTI adds:
The girl who was admitted on Thursday morning at the multi-organ
speciality facility, Mount Elizabeth Hospital, in an extremely critical
condition here, died at 4:45 AM local time (2:15 AM Indian time), the
hospital said in a statement. She was earlier treated at the Safdarjung
Hospital in Delhi.
The body has been moved to the mortuary in the Singapore General
Hospital for completion of some formalities since she is a foreigner,
sources said.
The family of the girl wants the body to be taken to India, Indian High
Commissioner to Singapore T.C.A. Raghavan told reporters.
He said the girl, who was conscious, fought a brave battle till the end.
She was brought to Singapore for being provided good medical treatment.
“The family is shattered by this development. At the same time, they
realised that best possible medical attention was given. And in the end
it was the scale of injuries that proved too much for the medical
attention provided to her,” the envoy said.
He said the final few hours was a trying time for the girl’s family and
they bore the entire process with a great deal of fortitude and courage.
Mr. Raghavan said the family has requested that their privacy be respected in their hour of grief.
The girl, accompanied by her parents, was flown in an air ambulance in a
critical condition on Wednesday night, after her health had suffered a
setback that morning in the Delhi hospital following a government
decision over which experts were divided.
The six-hour journey itself was said to have been eventful with her blood pressure having dipped alarmingly.
The patient had remained in an extremely critical condition since
admission to Hospital in the morning of 27 Dec. (Singapore time), the
Mount Elizabeth hospital statement said.
“Despite all efforts by a team of eight specialists in Mount Elizabeth
Hospital to keep her stable, her condition continued to deteriorate over
these two days.” the hospital statement said, adding, “She had suffered
from severe organ failure following serious injuries to her body and
brain. She was courageous in fighting for her life for so long against
the odds but the trauma to her body was too severe for her to overcome.”
“We are humbled by the privilege of being tasked to care for her in her
final struggle. We acknowledge the faith the Indian Government and the
patient’s family have placed with us to ensure the best care possible
was indeed provided to her at Mount Elizabeth Hospital,” it said.
“We share their huge sadness at her passing and will work with the High
Commission of India to provide the family support in this time of
grief,” said Dr. Loh.
Late on Friday night, the hospital said the condition of the rape victim had taken a “turn for the worse”.
“As of 9 p.m. (6:30 p.m. IST), the patient’s condition has taken a turn
for the worse. Her vital signs are deteriorating with signs of severe
organ failure,” Dr. Loh had said in a statement.
“This is despite doctors fighting for her life including putting her on
maximum artificial ventilation support, optimal antibiotic doses as well
as stimulants which maximize her body’s capability to fight
infections,” the CEO had said.
During her treatment in Safdarjung Hospital, the girl’s condition had
recorded several ups and downs. Three days after the attack, her
gangrenous intestine was removed.
The bestial attack on the girl and her male friend in the bus had
sparked off protests by students and women activists which took a
violent turn in the capital last Saturday and Sunday.
Death for rapists was one of the demands of the protesters and the
victim’s demise could trigger fresh display of emotions on the streets.
One of the Delhi police constables, Subhash Chand Tomar, died in a
government hospital on Tuesday and the post-mortem report had said that
he had suffered a cardiac arrest from complications arising out of
injuries on his chest and neck.
Shaken by the public outrage, the government constituted a Commission of
Inquiry into the incident and also set up a three-member Committee
under former Supreme Court Chief Justice A.S. Anand to look into the
possibility of rewriting the laws relating to aggravated sexual assault
and enhancing penalty for it.
Congress President Sonia Gandhi had on Friday demanded speedy action
against the perpetrators of the “barbarous” attack, while Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh said the government was committed to bringing the guilty
to justice as soon as possible.
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