Rizwana, the underage domestic help tortured at work, will be discharged next week from hospital following months of treatment and surgeries.
The 13-year-old has been undergoing treatment at the General Hospital in Lahore for the past five months.
Talking to GeoNews, Principal Amiruddin Medical College Professor Al Farid Zafar said that Rizwana’s condition has improved and she is now walking and talking.
He said that there have been requests from various departments to keep Rizwana, whichever department has better facilities, Rizwana will be shifted there.
Professor Al Farid Zafar also said that after being discharged from the hospital, she will not go to Sargodha and will stay in Lahore.
He also reported that one if Rizwana’s arms has mended while the other arm will be considered for surgery some time after discharge.
The goal is to give Rizwana a normal life after discharge from hospital.
In August, Rizwana went through plastic surgery.
Rizwana had been allegedly tortured and abused while working at a civil judge’s home in Islamabad, after she was accused of stealing jewellery. Rizwana’s family revealed that the girl was not paid a single penny by the family for the extensive workload she was doing and was instead subjected to violence.
