"Patient is critical, on life support": AIIMS Bhubaneshwar shares health update in Balasore self-immolation case
Jul 14, 2025
Bhubaneshwar (Odisha) [India], July 14 : The student who allegedly attempted self-immolation is in a critical condition and on mechanical ventilator in AIIMS Bhubaneshwar, Head of Department (HoD) Department of Burns, Dr Sanjay Giri said on Monday.
Dr Giri told ANI, "The patient is critical and is on life support and mechanical ventilator. We have checked her parameters, and we will continue the same treatment."
Medical Superintendent of AIIMS Bhubaneswar, Dr Dillip Kumar Parida, said that AIIMS, Delhi, has advised to share the culture sensitivity report and continue the current treatment.
"The patient is still critical. Today, the patient has a temperature of approximately 102 degrees. The team has consulted AIIMS Delhi, they have advised sending a culture sensitivity report and continuing the current treatment. The patient is critical and stable," Dr Parida told ANI.
Earlier, the victim's father said that she is suffering from 95 per cent burns.
The student allegedly self-immolated in protest against sexual harassment by a professor at her college, sparking widespread outrage. Following this, the student was rushed to AIIMS Bhubaneswar.
"She has 95% burns. Doctors have said they are trying their best and are also in touch with AIIMS Delhi. CM sir also came here yesterday (Sunday). She had complained, but the principal did not pay heed to it," said the father, speaking to ANI.
The father demanded punishment for the perpetrator and adviced that all colleges in the state should have a counselling facility.
He said, "They had two to four complaints against the accused professor, and the college authorities asked me to wait for the internal committee report. My demand is that the culprit should be given the harshest punishment. There should be counselling in all the colleges of Odisha, and strict steps should be taken so that such an incident does not happen again."
Meanwhile, Balasore Police have arrested the accused professor, Samir Sahu, on Saturday after registering a case (229/2025) under various sections of the Bharatiya Nayaya Sanhita, including 108 (abetment to suicide) and 75(1)(iii) (sexual harassment).
The Odisha government have formed a committee to conduct a thorough inquiry into the alleged harassment case.
