New Delhi:
23-year-old Amanat(NOT her real name), who was gang-raped in a moving bus in Delhi on December 16, still continues to be in a critical condition even though her internal bleeding has reduced significantly, doctors attending to her said on Tuesday. The internal bleeding is due to sepsis, a severe blood infection that can lead to organ failure.
Doctors said her liver functions and lab profile are by and large fine, though she is running a fever of 102 degrees to 103 degrees.
Doctors at the Safdarjung Hospital in New Delhi say that they are replenishing Amanat with platelet-rich plasma which has resulted in her platelet count to go up to 81,000 as compared to 70,000 yesterday. "The girl's platelet count and total lycolyte count have improved when compared to yesterday. And this improvement is after pumping in of blood, platelets and plasma. The real improvement would be when her body starts producing all these," Dr Sunil Jain, general surgeon of the hospital, said.
On Monday, Amanat had shown some tendency for internal bleeding but her platelet count had increased to 70,000 from Sunday's 19,000. A normal platelet count in a healthy individual is between 150,000 and 450,000 per micro-litre of blood.
Dr P K Verma, ICU incharge, said the level of bilirubin, the yellow breakdown product of normal heme catabolism, which stood at 7.3 today is a "serious cause of concern". However, she is conscious, alert and communicating. The ventilator support assistance has also been reduced, doctors said. The 23-year-old's haemoglobin count was also up yesterday.
Amanat is communicating through gestures and is responding to antibiotics. She was subjected to psychiatric counselling this morning along with her parents. Dr Rastogi of the Psychology Department said despite her fragile body condition, the girl is "stable, conscious and meaningfully communicative"
"She is very positive about her future. She has got the fighting spirit. She is coping well," he said.
Doctors added that she will need emotional strength and that her parents are also better.
Amanat is getting full calorific requirement as of today; till yesterday her body could not absorb the entire amount of nutrition she needs, doctors said.
The 23-year-old was gang-raped and brutally assaulted on December 16 in a moving bus for close to an hour and then thrown out. Six persons have been arrested in connection with the incident.
(With inputs from PTI)
Doctors said her liver functions and lab profile are by and large fine, though she is running a fever of 102 degrees to 103 degrees.
Doctors at the Safdarjung Hospital in New Delhi say that they are replenishing Amanat with platelet-rich plasma which has resulted in her platelet count to go up to 81,000 as compared to 70,000 yesterday. "The girl's platelet count and total lycolyte count have improved when compared to yesterday. And this improvement is after pumping in of blood, platelets and plasma. The real improvement would be when her body starts producing all these," Dr Sunil Jain, general surgeon of the hospital, said.
On Monday, Amanat had shown some tendency for internal bleeding but her platelet count had increased to 70,000 from Sunday's 19,000. A normal platelet count in a healthy individual is between 150,000 and 450,000 per micro-litre of blood.
Dr P K Verma, ICU incharge, said the level of bilirubin, the yellow breakdown product of normal heme catabolism, which stood at 7.3 today is a "serious cause of concern". However, she is conscious, alert and communicating. The ventilator support assistance has also been reduced, doctors said. The 23-year-old's haemoglobin count was also up yesterday.
Amanat is communicating through gestures and is responding to antibiotics. She was subjected to psychiatric counselling this morning along with her parents. Dr Rastogi of the Psychology Department said despite her fragile body condition, the girl is "stable, conscious and meaningfully communicative"
"She is very positive about her future. She has got the fighting spirit. She is coping well," he said.
Doctors added that she will need emotional strength and that her parents are also better.
Amanat is getting full calorific requirement as of today; till yesterday her body could not absorb the entire amount of nutrition she needs, doctors said.
The 23-year-old was gang-raped and brutally assaulted on December 16 in a moving bus for close to an hour and then thrown out. Six persons have been arrested in connection with the incident.
(With inputs from PTI)
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