SINGAPORE: The 23-year-old
girl, who put up a brave battle for life after she was gang-raped and
brutally assaulted in a Delhi bus a fortnight ago that had created a
nationwide outrage, died early on Saturday morning in a hospital here.
The girl, was admitted to the well-known multi-organ transplant
facility Mount Elizabeth Hospital here on Thursday morning in an extremely
critical condition, breathed her last at 4:45am (2:15am India time). She was
earlier treated at the Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi.
"We are very sad to report that the patient passed away
peacefully at 4.45am on 29 Dec 2012 (Singapore time)," the hospital's
chief executive officer Dr Kelvin Loh said in a statement.
"Her family and officials from the High Commission of India
were by her side. The Mount Elizabeth Hospital team of doctors, nurses and
staff join her family in mourning her loss," the statement said.
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 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.
Raghavan said the family has requested that their privacy be
respected in their hour of grief.
The girl, accompanied by her parents, was 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 December 27 (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 "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 last night, the hospital said the condition of the rape
victim had taken a "turn for the worse".
"As of 9pm (6:30pm IST), the patient's condition has taken
a turn for the worse. Her vital signs are deteriorating with signs of severe
organ failure," 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 maximise 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, 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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