Doctors: Baby Afreen Serious, May Suffer Brain Damage

[happy singh]

Three-month-old Baby Afreen is still serious, physicians at the Vani Vilas hospital stated on Tuesday.

In a report, the hospital stated, "Her brain cells could be damaged. She is having convulsions."

The baby was shifted to the paedeatric intensive care on Sunday after allegedly being battered by her father Umar Farooq.

Baby Afreen had burn marks on her head and a dislocated neck.

Afreen's mom, Reshma Bhanu stated, "I saw that she was having fits on Friday morning and there were marks on Afreen's body. We took her to the hospital and after the scan, we realized that she was beaten up."

On Tuesday, the Vani Vilas hospital stated that it could take about three weeks before Afreen recovered.

"In the night, the baby had blood mixed with her stools. She is still in ventilation. She had blood transfusion. We can have a full assessment only after she comes out of the ventilator," the hospital added.

In the meantime, the Bangalore police detained the baby’s father.

The reports said that Umar repeatedly ill-treated baby Afreen as he wanted a son.

The police booked Umar for domestic violence and attempt to murder, besides dowry harassment.

Nina P Nayak, Chairperson, Karnataka State Commission for Protection of Child, stated, "I am really concerned and Afreen's case is only the tip of the iceberg. Why is there no immediate response mechanism?" she asked.

[gunjan]

This is horrendous. Why does God bless such savages with babies? Many are praying for babies and these monsters become fathers?

[gurpreet]

hoards of girls are 'missing' in the country bcoz of female foeticide, infanticide, etc.

Thanks to fathers like Farooq.

Such people have to be shunned, sentenced and publicly rebuked.

[ramdev]

Baby Afreen dies of cardiac arrest

[ankita]

The baby's father should be severely punished, he should be killed the same way he had killed his baby, should undergo everything the baby went through when she was under his custody