Mumbai nurse Aruna Shanbaug, who was in coma for 42 years, passes away

May 18, 2015 10:27

Aruna Shanbaug, the Mumbai nurse, who was raped by a hospital staff member in 1973 and has been in coma ever since, passed away this morning.

Doctors at Mumbai's state-run KEM Hospital, where she worked and was raped, said Shanbaug was suffering from pneumonia and was on ventilator support, but added that her condition is improving.

Image: A file photograph of Arun Shanbag in KEM Hospital, Mumbai. Photograph by Mukesh Parpiani

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