Jaipur: The rape survivor who was shot at and brutally attacked by three men in Kotputli-Behror district is still critical and undergoing treatment at Jaipur’s SMS Hospital. She is still on ventilator support as her lungs are not functioning properly.
She has recovered from Covid-19, though, and is maintaining normal blood pressure without support of any medication for blood pressure, while her kidney function has improved as her creatinine level has reduced from 3.5 to 1.7 in seven days of treatment post-surgery of her repair of stomach and other injuries she had suffered in the attack, doctors said.
“She is conscious and is replying by head movement. We were providing her noradrenaline for blood pressure, which we have stopped as she is maintaining her blood pressure,” said Dr Jeevan Kankaria, senior professor (general surgery), who had performed the surgery on the woman.
Doctors have also performed a tracheostomy, in which they created an opening into the trachea for putting a tracheostomy tube for helping her in breathing. Besides, a feeding tube has also been inserted through nose for feeding. “We have started feeding her with liquid diet,” said Dr Kankaria.
Since there is risk of fungal infection due to insertion of tubes for feeding and tracheostomy, the doctors have started antifungal medicine to rule out any such complication. The concern remains the infection in her lungs and the injury to the lungs, due to which she has to be on ventilator support. She is taking 40% of the oxygen by herself, while 60% of the oxygen is being provided through ventilator.
She has recovered from Covid-19, though, and is maintaining normal blood pressure without support of any medication for blood pressure, while her kidney function has improved as her creatinine level has reduced from 3.5 to 1.7 in seven days of treatment post-surgery of her repair of stomach and other injuries she had suffered in the attack, doctors said.
“She is conscious and is replying by head movement. We were providing her noradrenaline for blood pressure, which we have stopped as she is maintaining her blood pressure,” said Dr Jeevan Kankaria, senior professor (general surgery), who had performed the surgery on the woman.
Doctors have also performed a tracheostomy, in which they created an opening into the trachea for putting a tracheostomy tube for helping her in breathing. Besides, a feeding tube has also been inserted through nose for feeding. “We have started feeding her with liquid diet,” said Dr Kankaria.
Since there is risk of fungal infection due to insertion of tubes for feeding and tracheostomy, the doctors have started antifungal medicine to rule out any such complication. The concern remains the infection in her lungs and the injury to the lungs, due to which she has to be on ventilator support. She is taking 40% of the oxygen by herself, while 60% of the oxygen is being provided through ventilator.
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