There has been a slight improvement in the condition of the 19-year-old Dalit rape victim and she is now in a semi comatose state, medical college hospital sources said. This was informed by the SCB Hospital authorities to the Odisha High Court on Friday.
Following the HC order, the girl who was allegedly raped in November last year was shifted here in coma stage on Wednesday.
Taking note of the health status report of the girl submitted by the hospital superintendent, the High Court further directed the respondent to give the best treatment to the victim.
"If required, services of super specialists from outside the state at the cost of state government may be availed," directed the division bench of Chief Justice V. Gopala Gowda and Justice S. K. Mishra.
Deciding to closely monitor the health condition of the victim and the treatment given to her, the High Court also directed the hospital superintendent to submit a further status report to the Court on Monday.
Earlier in the day, the Hospital authorities informed the court that the patient is now being attended by a team of super specialists drawn from neurology, neurosurgery, orthopaedic, obstetrics and regional spinal cord injury centre.