A day after lal Bahadur Shahtri (lBS) Hospital confirmed the death of three sisters from starvation on Tuesday, on Thursday doctors in Guru Teg Bahadur (GTB) said the report of the autopsy has not been confirmed yet. It is pertinent to mention here that second autopsy was done by GTB.
According to Sunil Kumar, Medical Superintendent, GTB hospital said the autopsy has been conducted but the reports are not yet finalised and we are waiting for the reports to come.
Dr Amita Saxena, Medical Superintendent, lBS Hospital that he post-mortem was conducted on Tuesday evening itself, and it was over by 6:30 pm. On Wednesday, chemical toxicology was also suggested. And, therefore, a medical board was set up and a second autopsy was conducted at the GTB Hospital.
As per Dr Saxena, experts did not suspect any foul play, as there was no food in the stomach. It was as if they had not eaten anything for 8-9 days. “These girls were visibly malnourished when they were brought to a hospital with with dishevelled, monkey-like faces and no trace of fat in the bodies” said Dr Saxena.
Earlier, the forensic team also confirmed that there were no injury marks and it looked like a typical case of malnutrition.
The girls, aged eight, four and two, were brought to the lBS Hospital in Mayur Vihar by their mother and a friend at around 1 pm on Tuesday. The hospital authorities later declared them brought dead.