Acid attack victim Vinodhini dies in hospital

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 Acid attack victim Vinodhini dies in hospital

 

Karaikal police arrested Suresh, 29, and charged him with attempted murder, under Section 307 of the IPC.An investigating officer said Suresh attacked Vinodhini in public, as she was walking with a friend in Karaikal at 10.30pm on November 14. The officer said he was obsessed with her. During interrogation, Suresh told the police he had decided to take revenge on her because she had lodged a police complaint against him.
She suffered severe burn injuries on her face and neck. She also lost her eye sight. She was shifted a hospital here from JIPMER in Puducherry.seems bleak as doctors have ruled out the possiblity of an eye transplant and said she may not be able to regain her vision.

“Her eyeballs are damaged. Acid damages everything; it goes up to the bone. So, the chance of her getting back vision through transplant is not possible,” said Dr Jayaraman, of the burns ward,After several surgeries over a month’s time,
Shifted to (KMCH)

she was shifted to a Kilpauk Medical College Hospital (KMCH)for specialised treatment..  Doctors identified the acid used on Vinodhini as sulphuric acid. According to doctors, it would take another six months for Vinodhini to recover and return home, as she would have to undergo reconstructive surgery at KMC. But the surgery is the last process before which she would have to go through other treatments.Doctors said that the burnt and damaged skin would be removed in an operation, after the effects of the chemical ware off. “There will be a time gap before she undergoes a reconstructive surgery,”
Her uncle Ramesh said the family had spent around Rs. 2.8 lakh on hospitalisation and another Rs. 1.2 lakh on medicines so far.For her treatment Rs.300,000 was released  from the Prime Minister’s Relief Fund and Puduchery chief minister granted Rs.200,000 for her treatment.
Vinodhini’s Father

Vinodhini who was accompanied by her father, Jayapal, a watchman in a private school in Karaikal, Her father said she stayed in a hostel for working women in Saidapet. “When she visited Karaikal for Diwali, she complained to us about Suresh, but we did not think he would do her any harm as he is from Thiruvettakudi village, near Karaikal, and we know him through a common friend,” he said. “When he started threatening her,we lodged a complaint with the Karaikal police.” Police officers questioned Suresh and told him to stay away from Vinodhini. Suresh, a concrete-mixing operator in a construction company, appears to have felt insulted by Vinodhini rejecting him and devised a plan to spoil her life, a police officer said.
Her Father said the culprit should receive the strictest punishment possible.
Plastic surgeon V. Jayaraman, who treated her till the end said she had been responding to treatment even on Monday.

“We did our best, but she had a cardiac arrest. We tried to revive her twice,” he added.
Her uncle Ramesh was inconsolabe. “We tried so hard to ensure treatment but she is gone,” he said.
A request has been sent to the Karaikal police to come to Chennai and complete the formalities. The post-mortem is expected to be conducted at the KMC. The body will be handed over to the family after the post-mortem.
 iThinkShare.com May her soul rest in peace.God give Courage to
her parents in overcoming the sorrowful incident.