Falak fighting a grim battle, has brain infection: Doctor
"Her conditon is very critical as she has developed infection in the brain. This has brought down her chances of survival to less than 50 per cent," Neurosurgeon with Jai Prakash Narayan Apex Trauma Centre of AIIMS, Dr Deeepak Agarwal, said.
Admitted in the Intensive Care Unit of the hospital since January 18, this badly bitten and battered baby girl has already undergone three life saving surgeries till now.
"Today in the wee hours, doctors drained out the rest of the water that had accumulated in her brain through the spine. The fluid sample was sent to the laboratory for culture and after the reports came in, we started administering appropriate antibiotics for fighting the infection," he said.
"The next 24 to 48 hours are crucial. All will depend on how she is responding to the treatment," Dr Agarwal said.
Baby
Falak
was
brought
to
the
hospital
with
severe
head
injury,
both
her
arms
broken,
bite
marks
all
over
her
body
and
her
cheeks
branded
with
hot
iron.
She
was
brought
to
the
hospital
by
a
teenage
girl
who
claimed
to
be
her
mother
and
had
cited
a
fall
from
the
bed
as
the
reason
for
the
child's
pathetic
state.
Doctors
said,
"Though
she
is
deeply
unconscious
and
on
the
ventilator,
she
opens
her
eyes
and
makes
limb
movements
only
when
given
painful
stimulus.
"This
is
part
of
the
treatment
module
to
check
her
brain
functioning
time-to-time,"
they
said.
A case of sexual abuse has been ruled out after a gynaecologist carried out test on her a few days back, they said.
Forensic scientist are yet to verify if the marks on her body are that of human bite, Dr Agarwal said.
PTI