Battered Baby Syndrome

• Baby Shireen, abused by adult, leaves hospital for home

  18-month-old Baby Shireen was admitted to a hospital in Indore with horrific signs of abuse. She had 11 cigarette burns on different parts of her body. Her hands had multiple fractures.

• 'Baby Falak has survived,' declare doctors; discharge likely soon

  India's prayers have finally been answered. Doctors looking after two-year-old Baby Falak at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi say the toddler has survived. She was brought to the hospital on January 18 in a severely battered and bruised condition. After over 45 days of treatment, she is now out of coma and has been off venti...

• Baby Falak taken out from ICU, shifted to children's ward at AIIMS

  Two-year-old Falak, who was brought to hospital in a battered state, was today shifted from an ICU to the children's ward after doctors at AIIMS found her medical condition stable. Doctors at the AIIMS Trauma Centre, attending on her since the past 45 days, said Falak will be discharged soon if she continues to show improvement in her medical cond...

• Tortured by stepfather, 3-year-old boy battles for life

  A three-year-old boy, badly battered and bruised, is battling for his life at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Jodhpur's Ummaid hospital. He has multiple fractures in his hand and legs, cigarette burn and human bite marks all over his body, and is suffering from malnutrition. His mother, who brought the boy to the hospital, claims he was tortured b...