The teenager from Unnao district in Uttar Pradesh, who was among three girls found unconscious in a field on February 17, was taken off ventilator support on Saturday, The Hindu reported, quoting a statement from the Kanpur hospital treating her.
The girl was “off ventilator and has spontaneous respiration” three days after she was admitted to the hospital at 11 pm on Wednesday, the medical bulletin issued by the Regency Hospital said. She was being treated in the pediatric intensive care unit and was under constant monitoring.
The incident occurred in Babuhara village under Asoha police station in Unnao district on February 17, when the three girls had gone to get fodder for their cattle. Their family members found them lying in their field in an unconscious state after they did not return by evening, the police said. Doctors declared the two of them dead on arrival at a nearby hospital. The two girls were cremated on Friday amid heavy security, while the third one…