Update on Paravati (October 10th posting)

Paravati is talking more and getting stronger but is still too weak to properly explain how she ended up lying on the side of the road, dying of starvation.

Doctors have not found anything wrong with her, apart from a fever, which subsided quite quickly after she was admitted. Her main problem seems to be malnourishment, which has left her in such a weak condition that she cannot even walk unsupported.

We are paying an attendant to stay with her in hospital and food for life staff and volunteers are visiting her every day in hospital to check on her progress and bring food for her and her attendant. She is still deathly thin, but we hope that, with some care and attention, she will soon recover. She is getting stronger but she still needs your support.