A 23-year-old Indian gang-rape victim with grievous injuries who was admitted to a premier Singapore hospital for multi- organ transplant case Thursday remains in "an extremely critical condition", hospital authority said.
The paramedical student, who was earlier admitted in Safdarjung Hospital after getting flagitious injuries, had been shifted to Singapore's Mount Elizabeth Hospital on early Thursday, when doctors and government decided to take her abroad for multi-organ transplant surgeries.
Mount Elizabeth Hospital is a renowned hospital for multi-organ transplant surgeries.
The hospital's chief executive Kelvin Loh said in a statement in the evening that the patient remains in "an extremely critical condition".
"Prior to her arrival, she has already undergone three abdominal surgeries, and experienced a cardiac arrest in India," said Loh.
"A multi-disciplinary team of specialists is taking care of her and doing everything possible to stabilise her condition."
The woman was accompanied by her parents and a team of doctors from India, led by Yatin Gupta, head of the critical care unit at Delhi's Safdarjung hospital.
She had been gang-raped on a moving bus by five men and one juvenile in New Delhi on Dec 16.
She arrived at Mount Elizabeth Hospital's Intensive Care Unit at 9.05 a.m. in the morning "in an extremely critical condition", said the hospital spokesperson
"We request that the privacy of the patient and family be respected," the spokesperson said in a statement.
The case shocked India, triggering largescale protests, mostly by college students, and calls for death penalty for the criminals.
The six suspects have been arrested.
On Tuesday she gave a statement to a magistrate - for a second time following complaints of alleged police interference the first time it was recorded on December 21.
The Home Ministry also ordered a probe into the circumstances in which the first statement was recorded following a complaint by Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit. Delhi Police chief Neeraj Kumar denied charges that police had tried to influence the magistrate.
--With IANS Inputs--
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