Victim's parents pray for a miracle

There has been no improvement in the health conditions of Juhu drunk-driving accident victims Nimisha Mane and Priyanka Rai, both of whom are comatose. Nimisha's condition, her doctors say, has only been deteriorating by the day.
The girls sustained grievous head injuries. Doctors have been trying to dissolve multiple clots in Nimisha's brain with medication.Her neurosurgeon Dr Harshad Parekh said, "Blood supply to her brain has only been dipping. She is very critical and we are trying our best." She sustained the impact of the accident on her head. The hit she took smashed her frontal skull bone.
Priyanka suffered fractures on her vertebrae, skull, ribs and legs. She also developed pneumothorax (lung collapse caused by collection of air in the space around the organ) following rib fracture. "The condition makes breathing difficult," said Dr Mahesh Vispute, who is treating Priyanka at Criticare Hospital, Andheri (West). "We managed to release the air around the lungs and improve the supply of oxygen to her body tissues. But it would be premature to say that her condition was improving."
She has also developed cerebral hypoxia, a condition where oxygen supply to the brain is reduced. Prolonged hypoxia could lead to cell death, resulting in permanent brain injury. "We have to keep her under observation as the swelling on her brain has increased," Dr Vispute said.
One of her family friends, Sudhanshu Pandey, said that though her parents had been told about her deteriorating condition, they are hoping for a miracle. "They think she will regain consciousness soon and she will be like how she was before the accident."