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Written By: Poorva Chavan | Updated : May 18, 2015 10:53 AM IST
Aruna Shanbaug was hospitalised in 1973 in KEM hospital in Mumbai after she was raped by a ward boy. Shanbaug, who was a nurse in KEM hospital was admitted to the hospital s ward 4 in 1973 and had remained there ever since. A few days ago, the doctors had informed that she was suffering pneumonia and was critical. After fighting a long battle with her life she finally passed away today at KEM hospital in Mumbai. (Read: Aruna Shanbaug in MICU after being diagnosed with pneumonia)
On 27 November 1973, Aruna was sexually assaulted by a ward boy in the hospital's basement. He choked her with a dog chain and sodomised her. The choking cut off the oxygen supply to her brain damaging her spinal cord and leaving her blind. She was in a comatose state ever since. A police case was registered as a case of robbery and attempted murder, however, no charges of rape were pressed to protect the victim and avoid her social rejection. Her offender was caught and he served two seven year sentences for assault and robbery and not for rape or sexual molestation.
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