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| young woman dies in Singapore hospi |
| young woman dies in Singapore hospital, India grieves
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| INDIA
, 29-December-2012
0:21:23 AM |
| The 23-year-old medical student whose savage gang-rape on a moving bus provoked outrage and protests through India died early this morning in a hospital in Singapore. Her parents were by her side.
In Delhi, government officials appealed for calm and vowed that those guilty of the murderous assault will be severely punished. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said today, "I join the nation in conveying to her family and friends my deepest condolences at this terrible loss. I want to tell them and the nation that while she may have lost her battle for life, it is up to us all to ensure that her death will not have been in vain." Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde told NDTV, "I pledge to work to strengthen the laws and ensure that such an incident never gets repeated again."
A special plane is being sent from Delhi to collect her body and family. It is expected to land in Delhi at about 4 pm.
Doctors at the Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore, where she was admitted on Wednesday night said she died of "severe organ failure following serious injuries to her body and brain.
"She was courageous in fighting for her life for so long against the odds but the trauma to her body was too severe for her to overcome," a statement by the hospital said.
For 13 days, the student fought for her life. She endured three major surgeries, brain injury and a cardiac arrest at a Delhi hospital before experts decided to move her in an air ambulance to Singapore on Tuesday night.
After the monstrous attack on her on December 16, a grid of anger and grief fastened cities across India.
In Delhi and elsewhere, demonstrators have been marching every day, demanding a swift trial for the six men arrested for the heinous attack, as well as stricter anti-rape laws and more safety for women. (Read: In tweet, Delhi Police appeals for peace and calm)
In messages that the student scribbled for her family while on life support systems,
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