<p> The 23-year-old gang-rape victim continues to be critical and she remains on ventilator support, doctors said today.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Doctors at the Safdarjung Hospital, where she was rushed to after being raped and brutally assaulted in a moving bus on December 16, had yesterday said her condition was "very serious and very critical".<br /><br />Her condition continues to be critical today as well, they said.<br />On Monday, the victim had shown some tendency for internal bleeding but her platelet count has increased to 70,000 from Sunday's 19,000. A normal platelet count in a healthy individual is between 150,000 and 450,000 per micro-litre of blood.<br /><br />Doctors say the bleeding which is because of sepsis, a severe blood infection that can lead to organ failure, remains a cause of "major concern" as far as the girl's health is concerned.</p>
<p> The 23-year-old gang-rape victim continues to be critical and she remains on ventilator support, doctors said today.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Doctors at the Safdarjung Hospital, where she was rushed to after being raped and brutally assaulted in a moving bus on December 16, had yesterday said her condition was "very serious and very critical".<br /><br />Her condition continues to be critical today as well, they said.<br />On Monday, the victim had shown some tendency for internal bleeding but her platelet count has increased to 70,000 from Sunday's 19,000. A normal platelet count in a healthy individual is between 150,000 and 450,000 per micro-litre of blood.<br /><br />Doctors say the bleeding which is because of sepsis, a severe blood infection that can lead to organ failure, remains a cause of "major concern" as far as the girl's health is concerned.</p>