Cerebral edema serious swelling of the brain which resulted from the cardiac arrest on Tuesday night when Nirbhaya was still in India along with strict infections finally proved fatal. A CT scan that was conducted after Nirbhaya reached Singapore showed that blood loss to her brain caused during the three minute period when doctors at Safdarjung hospital in Delhi had failed to find a pulse or blood pressure led to the brain edema a unsafe form where the brain's water content rises causing the pressure to rise in the skull. These cuts off oxygen provide as the blood vessels become squeezed. Intellectual edema is a medical emergency that can even lead to death as brain cells turn out to be damaged and die.
Timeline of the Case
December 16, 2012: The young paramedic student is raped and compressed up by six men in a moving private bus and thrown out of it after 30 minutes of torment along with her male friend. They are admitted to Delhi's Safdarjung Hospital the same night.
December 17, 2012: Police identify four men who raped and battered the girl. Victim's full amount of internal injury determined by doctors.
December 18, 2012: Nation annoyed by the brutal gang rape while the incident shakes up Parliament with Leader of the Opposition Sushma Swaraj demanding death penalty for rapists.
December 19, 2012: Doctors at Safdarjung Hospital treating the victim announce she is communicating through writing messages but still not out of danger. Permit of the bus, which the incident happened, cancelled by the Transport Department.
December 20, 2012: Students from Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi University and Jamia Milia established outside Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit's residence against the government's failure to curb the rising number of such crimes against women. The eyewitness and male friend of the victim gives statement.
December 21, 2012:Safdarjung doctors say the victim is stable, but still critical. She is taken off the ventilator. Her male friend identifies one of the accused, Mukesh, during the test identification parade at Tihar jail. Police conducts raids in Haryana and Bihar, nab one more accused.
December 22, 2012: Protests against the gang rape pick up with nation wide indignation on the incident. Thousands gather at India Gate as victim remains critical. Victim gives declaration to the sub-divisional magistrate.
December 23, 2012: Protests against the Delhi gang rape turn aggressive. Protesters defy prohibitory orders of the government, face police's water cannons and tear gas shells. Constable Sub hash Tomar of Delhi Police seriously injured during clashes at India Gate. The young victim's heath remains solemn with bouts of vomiting, although she was communicate and aware. She also suffered interior blood loss.
December 24, 2012: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh makes statement regarding the gang rape and the following protests. Appeals for calm and assures severe events for women in the realm. Two gang rape accused brought before a Delhi court say they committed a horrible crime and "deserved to be hanged.
December 25, 2012: Doctors treating the victim say she is responding to the treatment despite being dangerous.
December 27, 2012: The victim remains dangerous in the ICU of Mount Elizabeth Hospital. 3,000 security personnel from Delhi Police and para-military forces, man Delhi roads to stop any violent demonstration.
December 28, 2012: Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi demands speedy justice in the case. Doctors at Mount Elizabeth say the victim's situation worsened with signs of multiple organ failure. She gets infection in the lungs and abdomen as well as an injury to the brain.
December 29, 2012: The victim succumbs to massive internal injuries after battling with them for over 12 days. She died at 2:15 am Indian Standard Time on 29 December 2012.
