Sarabjit in 'deep coma', family set to go to Pakistan today - Indian Express

Express news service : New Delhi, Lahore, Amritsar, Sun Apr 28 2013, 03:54 hrs A day after being attacked by some fellow inmates, Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh is in "deep coma" and has been put on ventilator support, officials said Saturday. Meanwhile, four of his family members are set to travel to Pakistan tomorrow. The Pakistani high commission in Delhi said "gratis" (free of charge) visas have been granted to Sarabjit's sister Dalbir Kaur, his daughters Poonam and Swapandeep Kaur, and his wife Sukhpreet Kaur. Saying they would cross the Attari border tomorrow, Dalbir Kaur said government officials have informed her that the Pakistani government will allow one family member to stay in the Lahore hospital where Sarabjit is being treated. Sarabjit, 49, who was rushed to Lahore's Jinnah hospital on Friday night, cannot be operated upon till his condition stabilises, doctors attending to him said. In the first official statement from the Pakistani government on the incident, its foreign office said, "As a result of a scuffle between prisoners at the Kot Lakhpat Jail, Lahore, yesterday, Sarabjit suffered head injuries which rendered him unconscious. Doctors and medical staff at the hospital are working round-the-clock to revive the prisoner, who remains unconscious and on a ventilator." In Delhi, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said: "It is very sad, some inmates attacked him in jail. I think that is a very sad development." Singh was hit on the head with bricks, and his neck and torso cut with blades and pieces of a ghee tin. The Lahore police have registered a case of attempted murder against two prisoners, Amer Aftab and Mudassar, both on death row. The duo have been booked under Sections 324 (attempted murder) and 334 (causing severe injuries) of the Pakistan Penal Code. Sources quoted doctors at Jinnah Hospital as saying that Sarabjit's condition was measured as 5 on the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS), which indicates the level of damage or injury to a person's central nervous system. The GCS comprises tests of eye, verbal and motor responses. The lowest possible GCS score is 3 while the highest is 15. ... contd. ALSO READ Promised jobs in Iraq, 20 youth return empty-handed What will govt gain by hanging Bhullar: Punjab CM Badal Congress dares Navjot Singh Sidhu to contest from Amritsar on BJP ticket 'Had told Rajiv Gandhi, killings of Sikhs as big a sin as Indira Gandhi's assassination' Please read our terms of use before posting comments TERMS OF USE: The views, opinions and comments posted are your, and are not endorsed by this website. You shall be solely responsible for the comment posted here. The website reserves the right to delete, reject, or otherwise remove any views, opinions and comments posted or part thereof. You shall ensure that the comment is not inflammatory, abusive, derogatory, defamatory &/or obscene, or contain pornographic matter and/or does not constitute hate mail, or violate privacy of any person (s) or breach confidentiality or otherwise is illegal, immoral or contrary to public policy. Nor should it contain anything infringing copyright &/or intellectual property rights of any person(s). via Top Stories - Google News http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHaOWk0p4YP0IrJj_41QepYnjYKzg&url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/sarabjit-in-deep-coma-family-set-to-go-to-pakistan-today/1108703/

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