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Cerebral edema proved fatal for Delhi gangrape victim

Singapore, Dec 29: The 23-year-old Delhi gangrape victim finally died of cerebral edema (rapid swelling of brain) at the Mount Elizabeth Hospital here at 2:15 am IST, after fighting a 13-day-long battle for life. Cerebral



Doctors informed her family members that Nirbhaya's condition had seriously deteriorated as she was put on maximum artificial ventilation support, optimal antibiotic doses as well as stimulants which would help maximise her body's capability to fight infections.

Critical care specialist Dr Yatin Mehta from Medanta hospital, who had accompanied Nirbhaya to Singapore, said on  his return to India on Saturday morning that the swelling of the brain finally took her life.

“A fresh episode of cardiac arrest resulted in multiorgan dysfunction syndrome. Her injuries were too severe.

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