Koraput gang-rape victim attempts suicide, admitted to hospital

  • | Monday | 20th November, 2017

But on Saturday she complained of illness following which she was admitted Koraput hospital and later shifted to Cuttack. "The girl told us that she has taken 10 to 12 iron tablets following which she started vomiting blood. Doctors treating the girl suspect that she tried to commit suicide by consuming over a dozen iron pills. "She has stopped vomiting blood but her condition is still worrisome. As there was no improvement in her condition, she has been shifted to the ICU of medicine department.

CUTTACK: The minor girl, who was allegedly gang-raped by four men in October in Koraput , was shifted to intensive care unit (ICU) of SCB Medical College and Hospital on Monday after her condition deteriorated.The girl was rushed from Koraput to SCB here on Saturday night after she threw up blood. As there was no improvement in her condition, she has been shifted to the ICU of medicine department. Doctors treating the girl suspect that she tried to commit suicide by consuming over a dozen iron pills."The girl told us that she has taken 10 to 12 iron tablets following which she started vomiting blood. But she is not disclosing anything as why she took so many tablets," said a doctor treating her."She has stopped vomiting blood but her condition is still worrisome. We will conduct her endoscopy on Tuesday to find out the exact cause behind her condition and ascertain the extent of damage," said Dr Sri Prasad Mohanty, treating the gang rape survivor.SCB authorities have formed an 11 member team comprising the doctors of medicine, anesthesia, FMT, neurology, gynecology, gastroenterology, nephrology, hematology, psychiatry and cardiology departments to ensure best treatment of the victim. "The team has been continuously monitoring the condition of the girl. The entire treatment will be provided completely free of cost to her," said superintendent of SCB, Shyama Kanungo.As the girl is not in a proper state of mind, a psychiatrist has been roped in to examine her condition and provide her appropriate counseling to her. "Once her condition turns stable, our psychiatrists will talk to her," said a doctor.Notably, the girl studying in class-IX in Kunduli village in Koraput district was allegedly gang raped by four men on October 10 while returning from school. A case was also registered in the matter. She was kept in government run residential school by the administration after the incident. But on Saturday she complained of illness following which she was admitted Koraput hospital and later shifted to Cuttack. EOM

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