New Delhi, February 08: After over two weeks of concern, finally there is some good news on baby Falak’s health condition.
Doctors at AIIMS trauma centre, who have been treating Falak for over two weeks, on Wednesday said the chest infection that the two-year-old baby was suffering with has been cured.
While stating they still have to cure the infection in brain fluid, doctors said the baby’s survival chances have risen and now stand at 60%.
On Tuesday, Deepak Agrawal, assistant professor, neurosurgery, at the AIIMS trauma centre, had stated that there was 30-40 percent chance that the two-year-old will remain in a vegetative state for the rest of her life.
According to doctors, Falak has been put on ventilator support intermittently.
“We are not keeping her continuously on ventilator support. If a patient is on ventilator for a long period, the chances of getting respiratory-associated pneumonia increases. Therefore, we try to remove her from the ventilator for a few hours,” Agrawal said yesterday.
The doctor also said a new antibiotic was added Monday to clear the infection identified in her brain fluid.
“To enhance her nutrition level, we are administering enteral nutrition (method of nutrient solutions fed into gastrointestinal tract through a tube), so that her body fights infection. It’s not the antibiotics that will treat her but the immune system,” he said.
Falak was admitted to AIIMS on January 18 with severe head injuries and bite marks all over her face. She was brought by a 14-year-old girl who is now in a juvenile home.
Police are probing the human trafficking and prostitution angle in the case. A total of six people have been arrested so far.
–Agencies