Agra girl's condition stable | Rescued from borewell

RECOVERING: Vandana’s condition is stable but she is expected to be in hospital for four to five days.

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Agra: The condition of a Vandana who survived a 27-hour ordeal before being pulled out of 45-feet deep borewell on Wednesday night in a major rescue operation, has "improved" and is "stable" but she is expected to be in hospital for four to five days, doctors said on Thursday.

“Vandana, who was brought out from the well in the operation by the army and the district authorities, was "hungry and was given milk and biscuits," N C Prajapati, one of the doctors attending on her at S N Medical College, said.

The X-ray reports of the girl, who had fallen into the pit while playing with her father in army base workshop here had worked for 20 hours to bring out the girl after the district authorities did not succeed in pulling her out.

After being rescued, she was rushed to the hospital in an ambulance,

parked at the site.

As Vandana's cries reached them from 45 feet below the ground, the army and local authorities began a massive operation to get her out alive.

They kept her going on glucose and oxygen fed through tubes while cranes dug a bore parallel to where she was stuck.

Then one rescuer crawled through, painstakingly tunneling sideways to connect the larger pit to the well.

Minutes later, Vandana was carried out, unconscious but alive.

The bold rescue effort was aided by lessons learned from the past.

The armymen who planned the operation relied on the report prepared after the rescue of five-year-old Prince, who fell into a well in Haryana last year.