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mid-day coverage: Peace, at last, for Mumbai nurse Aruna Shanbaug

42 years after a barbaric rape in KEM hospital where she worked as a nurse left her in a vegetative state, Aruna Shanbaug left this world for a better place

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Aruna Shanbaug's cardiac arrest took doctors by surprise
Doctors at KEM Hospital said Aruna Shanbaug was showing signs of recovery and they had been hoping she would manage to fight the pneumonia, like she had once before; nursing staff said they were happy she died a natural death and no one was allowed to take her life in the name of a mercy killing. (Read more)

Did Aruna Shanbaug's family abandon her?
This question triggered a debate between the family members and the nursing staff at KEM yesterday; while the family insisted they had taken care of Shanbaug for 12 years and visited her every month after that, the nurses said they never saw any family members and the hospital staff was the only family she had for 42 years. (Read more)

Bidding adieu: Nurses and doctors at KEM hospital bid a tearful goodbye to Aruna Shanbaug, who they took care of for 42 long years. Pic/Sayyed Sameer Abedi
Bidding adieu: Nurses and doctors at KEM hospital bid a tearful goodbye to Aruna Shanbaug, who they took care of for 42 long years. Pic/Sayyed Sameer Abedi

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