"She suffered three heart attacks on Tuesday Feb 12,2013 morning. We resuscitated her twice but the third time, the heart refused to respond," said Dr R Jayaprakash, managing director, Aditya hospital, where she was admitted two months ago.Doctors pinned the cause of her sudden death to acute deficiency of proteins, and the imbalance of water in her body.
According to Vinodhini's family, her condition worsened three days ago. She had problems breathing and her face and legs had swollen up as a result of protein deficiency, a condition quite frequently seen in burn victims
Vinodhini, a B.Tech graduate, was employed in a private company in Chennai and lived in a working women’s hostel in Saidapet.Her father, Jayapal, is a watchman in a private school in Karaikal.
On November 14, Vinodhini was walking with her father to the Karaikal bus terminus after visiting her parents for Deepavali. Before she could board a bus to Chennai, Suresh accosted them and threw nitric acid at her. Vinodhini and her father Jayapal suffered injuries.The assailant, Suresh, alias Appu, was a family acquaintance.
After the attack, she was rushed to a private hospital in Karaikal,
where first aid was administered. She was then referred to JIPMER,
Puducherry. On November 15, she was transferred to the Government
Kilpauk Hospital, Chennai, which has a burns ward that specialises in
treating acid attack victims. But the injuries were extensive, with her
nose, eyes and ears, suffering irreversible damage. After Dr. Jayaraman
retired from KMC, she sought to be moved to a private hospital where he
could treat her.
For several weeks doctors continued dressing her wounds and waited for
the acid reaction to subside so that they could assess the damage. But
within a week it became apparent that she had lost sight in both eyes.
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