Doctors remember Nirbhaya as ‘brave’

New Delhi  21.03.2020

: Doctors at Safdarjung Hospital who treated Nirbhaya in 2012 remembered her as a “brave woman” and said with the hanging of the four convicts, law had taken its course.

The 23-year-old physiotherapy intern was admitted to Safdarjung Hospital before being airlifted to Singapore for treatment where she later died.

Dr B D Athani, who was the medical superintendent of Safdarjung Hospital when Nirbhaya was treated, said they have got “closure”. “I was involved in the medical management part of it. It was a very heinous crime that they committed. Law has taken its course. We had referred the patient to Singapore. We have got closure as far as this patient is concerned,” he said. Athani said they were under immense pressure at that time and despite that “medically, the case withstood scrutiny”.

Another doctor on duty that day remembers, “She was a very, very brave woman. She was so calm and composed even after going through so much trauma.” PTI

Dr B D Athani, who was the medical superintendent of Safdarjung Hospital when Nirbhaya was treated, said they have got “closure”