Twitteratti pays tribute to the world's oldest comatose patient Aruna Shanbaug
Mumbai, May 18: Aruna Shanbaug, the former nurse at KEM Hospital, who was brutally sexually assaulted by a ward boy at the facility 42 years ago and had been lying in a vegetative state ever since, passed away on Monday, May 18.
The 66-year-old was battling a serious bout of pneumonia and was on ventilator support, King Edward Memorial (KEM) hospital. She was in the medical ICU of the hospital located in Parel area of Mumbai. [After suffering for 42 years, Mumbai nurse Aruna Shanbaug passes away]
Shanbaug was rushed out of the tiny room attached to ward number 4 that had been her home for four decades on Tuesday, after nurses attending to her saw she had difficulty in breathing. [Aruna Shanbaug's 42-year ordeal comes to an end: All you need to know]
She was taken to the medical ICU and started on antibiotics. Shanbaug was diagnosed with the lung infection after a series of diagnostic tests. She was fed through tubes.
Here are some Twitter reactions:
RIP
Aruna
Shanbaug.
May
you
get
the
peace
and
life
you
deserved
in
heaven.
I
will
remember
you
as
a
brave
young
lady.
Goodbye.
—
Black
collar
job
(@ShreyasRishabh)
May
18,
2015
Dear
Aruna
ShanbaugI
feel
more
sorry
4
the
Nation,
which
couldn't
get
U
justice
in
40yrs
but
makes
U
Top
Trend
upon
yr
passing.
FOR
A
DAY
—
African
हिन्दुस्तानी
(@Tosh_Tiwari)
May
18,
2015
RIP
Aruna
Shanbaug.
Hope
u
r
in
a
better
world
than
this.
This
world
never
deserved
you.
—
Shadow
Warrior
(@ShadowWarrior06)
May
18,
2015
Healthy
people
will
never
understand
the
pain
of
being
trapped
in
your
own
body.
Humanity
was
to
let
Aruna
Shanbaug
go
42
years
ago.
—
MeghaSharma
(@crazyabtsrk)
May
18,
2015
Aruna
Shanbaug
RIP.....
42
yrs
on
ventilator.The
Rapist
got
only
7
yrs
jail
and
is
free
living
somewhere.#GodWhereIsYourJustice
—
Alka
Sahu
(@AggaAlka)
May
18,
2015
RIP
Aruna
Shanbaug..Extremely
saddened,pray
that
you
get
a
great,
wonderful
life
again.
https://t.co/6yXIcLnYdi
—
Sudipta
Basu
(@sud_basu)
May
18,
2015
KEM
Hospital
and
their
staff
are
examples
of
Selfless
Service.
Took
care
of
Aruna
Shanbaug
even
though
her
family
had
abandoned
her
—
Joy
(@Joydas)
May
18,
2015
A
long
struggle
for
life
of
Aruna
Shanbaug
has
come
to
an
end...
She
leaves
for
a
better
world!
May
her
soul
rest
in
peace!
—
बिनलाईन
Hemant
(@hemantdhome21)
May
18,
2015
Aruna
Shanbaug
R.I.P.
lady..
🌹The
world
will
remember
your
story.
—
Ruchika
(@LeKohlEyedGirl)
May
18,
2015
Aruna
Shanbaug's
case
did
nothing
to
change
the
working
conditions
of
women
in
hospitals
especially
at
night-even
now
women
including
Docs+
—
Mrs
Shrini
(@bezubaan)
May
18,
2015
On November 27, 1973, while working as a junior nurse at KEM Hospital, she was sexually assaulted by a ward boy, Sohanlal Bhartha Walmiki. He had also strangled her with a dog chain, cutting off oxygen supply to her brain. She was in a vegetative state since the assault.
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