Staff Reporter
Doctors at the National Institute of Child Health have said that the injuries of the four-year-old Kashmore gang-rape victim were serious and highly infected.
As per details, the four-year-old girl was shifted to the NICH from Kashmore in the early hours of this morning.
She was initially operated at Larkana and subsequently, due to respiratory distress, a chest tube was passed through her to provide breathing relief.
Director NICH Professor Jamal Raza said the victim was being kept in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) without a ventilator.
He said the girl currently stable and is being kept in the ICU without a ventilator. however, that the child was in a state of shock, he added.
Professor Jamal Raza further said that the injuries of the girl were serious and highly infected, adding that she was initially examined by the surgical team at the operation theatre. He said the wounds were cleaned and managed.
“There is an indication of contamination and severe infection for which medications are being given.
There is no urgent surgical procedure required now and we will try to control the infections and review the situation,” Raza added.
