India gang rape victim in horror bus attack given fresh hope as she flies to Singapore for treatment.
An Indian student battling for survival after she was brutally gang-raped in New Delhi will be treated at a top organ transplant hospital in Singapore.
The 23-year-old woman, whose barbaric attack on a bus has sparked outrage and protests across India, was air-lifted from a central Delhi hospital to the city's airport for transfer to Singapore on Wednesday.
It came as the Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh responded to days of violent protest at the attack by promising better action to protect the nation's women.
He said: 'The issue of safety and security of women is of the highest concern to our government.'
A hospital statement said she was admitted to the intensive care unit of the Mount Elizabeth hospital and she was in an 'extremely critical condition'.
India's Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said in a statement that the government, which is funding and overseeing the victim's treatment, had decided to send her abroad on the recommendation of her doctors.
'Despite the best efforts of our doctors, the victim continues to be critical and her fluctuating health remains a big cause of concern to all of us,' he said.
Ms Uttara Shirke, who moved from Maharashtra to Singapore a year ago, expressed her indignance to My Paper.
"These girls (from India) have to be very careful after 7pm... They cannot wear short dresses. In Singapore, you can wear anything, like shorts or whatever you want," said the 26-year-old, who is looking for a job. "Now, it's time to do something for the women, for their safety, for their lives. This is our humble request to the government."
Dr V. P. Nair, who is president of the Global Organisation of People of Indian Origin, called it "a shameful, heinous act".
Meanwhile, authorities in India are attempting to stem any further violence from demonstrations that erupted in reaction to the rape.
Police have barricaded streets, blocked metro stations and increased their presence in the city centre of New Delhi.
One police officer has been killed during the protests. A 47-year-old married father of three died after three days' treatment in hospital, according to news service Al Jazeera.
An Indian student battling for survival after she was brutally gang-raped in New Delhi will be treated at a top organ transplant hospital in Singapore.
The 23-year-old woman, whose barbaric attack on a bus has sparked outrage and protests across India, was air-lifted from a central Delhi hospital to the city's airport for transfer to Singapore on Wednesday.
It came as the Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh responded to days of violent protest at the attack by promising better action to protect the nation's women.
He said: 'The issue of safety and security of women is of the highest concern to our government.'
A hospital statement said she was admitted to the intensive care unit of the Mount Elizabeth hospital and she was in an 'extremely critical condition'.
India's Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said in a statement that the government, which is funding and overseeing the victim's treatment, had decided to send her abroad on the recommendation of her doctors.
'Despite the best efforts of our doctors, the victim continues to be critical and her fluctuating health remains a big cause of concern to all of us,' he said.
Ms Uttara Shirke, who moved from Maharashtra to Singapore a year ago, expressed her indignance to My Paper.
"These girls (from India) have to be very careful after 7pm... They cannot wear short dresses. In Singapore, you can wear anything, like shorts or whatever you want," said the 26-year-old, who is looking for a job. "Now, it's time to do something for the women, for their safety, for their lives. This is our humble request to the government."
Dr V. P. Nair, who is president of the Global Organisation of People of Indian Origin, called it "a shameful, heinous act".
Meanwhile, authorities in India are attempting to stem any further violence from demonstrations that erupted in reaction to the rape.
Police have barricaded streets, blocked metro stations and increased their presence in the city centre of New Delhi.
One police officer has been killed during the protests. A 47-year-old married father of three died after three days' treatment in hospital, according to news service Al Jazeera.
