The condition of Aruna Shanbaug, theKEM Hospital nurse who has been in a persistent vegetative state for the past 40 years, seems to be improving, doctors said on Monday.
The 67-year-old rape survivor was moved to KEM's medical intensive care unit ( MICU) on Friday after nurses noticed she was having difficulty breathing. "Shanbaug continues to be stable. But today we realized that she was looking much better than she did yesterday," said KEM Hospital dean Dr Shubhangi Parkar.
Shanbaug has been under the care of KEM Hospital's nurses ever since she was brutalized and left for dead by a ward boy in the Parel hospital 40 years ago. A room outside ward no 4 has been her permanent home ever since the attack at the hospital where she had joined as a staff nurse.
"She is still on oxygen support though we have been reducing the concentrations steadily," added Dr Parkar. Shanbaug, however, will be kept in the ICU for a few more days.
The 67-year-old rape survivor was moved to KEM's medical intensive care unit ( MICU) on Friday after nurses noticed she was having difficulty breathing. "Shanbaug continues to be stable. But today we realized that she was looking much better than she did yesterday," said KEM Hospital dean Dr Shubhangi Parkar.
Shanbaug has been under the care of KEM Hospital's nurses ever since she was brutalized and left for dead by a ward boy in the Parel hospital 40 years ago. A room outside ward no 4 has been her permanent home ever since the attack at the hospital where she had joined as a staff nurse.
"She is still on oxygen support though we have been reducing the concentrations steadily," added Dr Parkar. Shanbaug, however, will be kept in the ICU for a few more days.
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