Unnao rape victim develops pneumonia, remains critical: Doctors

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Press Trust of India Lucknow
Last Updated : Aug 03 2019 | 5:50 PM IST

The Unnao rape victim, who was injured in a road crash, has developed pneumonia and remains in a critical condition, doctors attending to her at a hospital here said on Saturday.

The 19-year-old is still on life support but her lawyer, who too was injured when their car was hit by a truck in Rae Bareli district on July 27, is breathing without ventilator, King George's Medical University Trauma Centre incharge Sandeep Tiwari told PTI.

Because of pneumonia, she has fever and is also being given medication to control her blood pressure, Tiwari said.

She is being given oxygen through a tube inserted in the windpipe

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First Published: Aug 03 2019 | 5:50 PM IST

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