Sarabjit Singh slips into non-reversible coma

May 01, 2013 01:08 pm | Updated November 16, 2021 10:16 pm IST - Lahore

Sarabjit Singh’s family members offer prayers at Golden Temple in Amritsar. File photo

Sarabjit Singh’s family members offer prayers at Golden Temple in Amritsar. File photo

Indian death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh, severely injured in a brutal assault last week, has slipped into a non-reversible coma and doctors in a Lahore hospital are struggling to save his life, official sources said on Wednesday.

The deterioration in Sarabjit’s condition could lead to brain death, the sources told PTI .

His measurements on the Glasgow Coma Scale, which indicates the levels of consciousness and damage to a person’s central nervous system, had dropped to a “critical level”, the sources said.

A source said Sarabjit’s heart is beating “but without brain function” because of the extensive head injuries he sustained when he was assaulted by prisoners at Kot Lakhpat Jail in Lahore.

Sarabjit is completely unresponsive and unable to breathe without ventilator support.

The sources said the medical board supervising Sarabjit’s treatment was not in a position to declare him brain dead without consulting his family and Pakistani authorities.

The sources further said Sarabjit could not be removed from the ventilator without his family’s consent and the approval of the Pakistani government.

Sarabjit’s wife Sukhpreet Kaur, daughters Poonam and Swapandeep Kaur and sister Dalbir Kaur, who went to Lahore on Monday to see him, returned to India on Wednesday.

0 / 0
Sign in to unlock member-only benefits!
  • Access 10 free stories every month
  • Save stories to read later
  • Access to comment on every story
  • Sign-up/manage your newsletter subscriptions with a single click
  • Get notified by email for early access to discounts & offers on our products
Sign in

Comments

Comments have to be in English, and in full sentences. They cannot be abusive or personal. Please abide by our community guidelines for posting your comments.

We have migrated to a new commenting platform. If you are already a registered user of The Hindu and logged in, you may continue to engage with our articles. If you do not have an account please register and login to post comments. Users can access their older comments by logging into their accounts on Vuukle.