Falak's condition further deteriorates
Admitted in a battered state at the Jai Prakash Narayan Apex Trauma Centre of AIIMS since January 18, this infection in the blood has complicated her condition further as she has already contracted infection in the brain(meningitis) which is yet to be controlled.
"She
is
still
critical
and
her
chances
of
survival
continues
to
remain
less
than
50
per
cent
as
she
has
developed
high
chances
of
multi-organ
failure
as
the
organism
that
has
caused
infection
in
the
brain
are
there
in
the
chest
and
have
now
entered
the
blood.
"We
can
say
she
has
developed
septicaemia
or
sepsis
that
can
spread
to
other
organs
like
kidney
and
liver
too,"
Neurosurgeon
Dr
Deeepak
Agarwal
said.
Doctors will send her body fluid samples for another round of culture today to see if she is responding to antibiotics and also to detect the organism that has caused infection in the blood.
Falak has already undergone two life saving surgeries till now.She was brought to the hospital on January 18 with severe head injury, both her arms broken, bite marks all over her body and her cheeks branded with hot iron.
The teenage girl, who brought her there claiming to be her mother, had cited a fall from the bed as the reason for the child's pathetic state.
"Every moment is crucial now. All will depend on how she respond to the treatment," Dr Agarwal said.
PTI