Cuttack: SCB medical college and hospital authorities on Wednesday informed Orissa High Court that the condition of Pipili rape victim is static and the treatment management in the Cuttack hospital is same as that of AIIMs in New Delhi.

Hospital superintendent in an affidavit mentioned that the patient is not responding to verbal command but is sluggishly reacting to light. Although she has slight fever, her blood pressure, respiration and urine output is "normal".
It was also pointed out in the report that the patient was examined by former director of Nimhans Dr Bhawani Shankar Das and she is now being given music therapy under the supervision of an expert. The doctors of Cuttack hospital also held a video conferencing with a neurology expert of AIIMS on January 19 and it was decided that the same treatment management shall continue with an advice of doing MRI and EEG test of the patient after seven days, the report said.
Taking note of the report of the Hospital, the Division Bench of Chief Justice V Gopala Gowda and Justice B N Mohapatra asked the government to continue the treatment as per the advice of the experts and further directed that the hospital shall file another status report on February 7 when the matter would come up for hearing.
The crime branch of police also submitted its status report on the ongoing investigation into the alleged rape incident. It said all the four FIR-named accused have been arrested and they are now in judicial custody.
The crime branch police also informed the court that the key accused in the case was subjected to polygraph test under court direction. "Efforts are on to subject remaining three accused to polygraph test after taking necessary court permission," the crime branch report said.
The government counsel on the other hand informed the court that action has been taken against police officials for dereliction of duty.
PTI