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Refusing to predict the outcome of the ongoing treatment given to the Pipili gang-rape victim at the SCB Medical College hospital, Dr Manjari Tripathy, an associate professor at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, said on Monday that there was no need to shift the patient to any other place at this stage.
Examining the 19-year-old girl for nearly two hours on the day, Dr Tripathy said the treatment at the SCB is at par with the New Delhi hospital. She, however, suggested that the duration of physiotherapy to the patient should be enhanced a little more and the music therapy should continue as it is.
As per the direction of the Odisha HC and a requisition from the treating doctors, Dr Tripathy, along with her team from New Delhi, came here to examine the victim who is in coma ever since she was allegedly gang-raped in November last year. The girl is now undergoing treatment in the ICU of the hospital since January 13 following intervention of the State HC.
“The patient is suffering from hypoxic damage to brain and recovery, if occurs, shall take a long time and she does not need any surgical intervention now,” said Dr Tripathy.
Examining the 19-year-old girl for nearly two hours on the day, Dr Tripathy said the treatment at the SCB is at par with the New Delhi hospital. She, however, suggested that the duration of physiotherapy to the patient should be enhanced a little more and the music therapy should continue as it is.
As per the direction of the Odisha HC and a requisition from the treating doctors, Dr Tripathy, along with her team from New Delhi, came here to examine the victim who is in coma ever since she was allegedly gang-raped in November last year. The girl is now undergoing treatment in the ICU of the hospital since January 13 following intervention of the State HC.
“The patient is suffering from hypoxic damage to brain and recovery, if occurs, shall take a long time and she does not need any surgical intervention now,” said Dr Tripathy.
