Post Mortem Report of Delhi Gang Rape Victim Damini

Singapore: The Post Mortem Report of Damini, the Delhi Gang Rape Victim showed that she died of Cerebral edema, a disease which causes serious swelling of the brain. Damini might have been affected by this disease due to the cardiac arrest on Tuesday night when She  was still in India. Severe Infections in different parts of the Body was also reported.

In Cerebral Edema, the  oxygen supply to brain is cut off as the blood vessels become squeezed. Cerebral edema is a medical emergency that can even lead to death as brain cells become damaged and die.

Damini succumbed to the injuries she suffered on the brutal rape on December 16 Night in a moving Bus.

“Our medical team’s investigations upon her arrival at the hospital showed that in addition to her prior cardiac arrest, she also had infection of her lungs and abdomen, as well as significant brain injury,” said Dr Kelvin Loh, chief executive officer, Mount Elizabeth Hospital.

A CT scan that was conducted after Nirbhaya reached Singapore showed that blood loss to her brain caused during the three-minute period when doctors at Safdarjung hospital in Delhi had failed to find a pulse or blood pressure, led to the brain edema – a dangerous condition where the brain’s water content rises, causing the pressure to rise in the skull.

 

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