<p>Doctors at AIIMS will gradually wean two-year-old battered Falak off the ventilator so that she can resume breathing on her own.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Falak is on ventilatory support since the time of her admission to the hospital on January 18.<br /><br />Doctors yesterday conducted the fifth life saving surgery on her after no infection was found present in her brain.<br /><br />"It has been over a month and she is still dependent on ventilator as she cannot breathe on her own. This is not a good sign. That is why we have decided to gradually remove her dependence on ventilator," neurosurgeon Dr Deepak Agarwal, who is treating her, said.<br /><br />Falak underwent a shunt surgery yesterday during which doctors connected her brain with the abdomen to help circulation of fluid in the whole body.<br /><br />The child was brought to the hospital in a battered state with severe head injuries, broken arms, bite marks all over her body and cheeks branded with hot iron.</p>
<p>Doctors at AIIMS will gradually wean two-year-old battered Falak off the ventilator so that she can resume breathing on her own.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Falak is on ventilatory support since the time of her admission to the hospital on January 18.<br /><br />Doctors yesterday conducted the fifth life saving surgery on her after no infection was found present in her brain.<br /><br />"It has been over a month and she is still dependent on ventilator as she cannot breathe on her own. This is not a good sign. That is why we have decided to gradually remove her dependence on ventilator," neurosurgeon Dr Deepak Agarwal, who is treating her, said.<br /><br />Falak underwent a shunt surgery yesterday during which doctors connected her brain with the abdomen to help circulation of fluid in the whole body.<br /><br />The child was brought to the hospital in a battered state with severe head injuries, broken arms, bite marks all over her body and cheeks branded with hot iron.</p>