MUMBAI: A blade slash on the face left Mona Chaudhary, a 20-year-old student of a Parel junior college, needing 28 stitches in November. Prior to the attack, she was a chirpy college goer, excited about making a career in the food industry.
Her uncle Bharat said Mona now does not step out of her house alone. "We are trying to give her support, but she keeps thinking about the incident," he added. Mona has just starting going to college again after much convincing by her family that life has to go on.
Experts say attack on women to disfigure them or cause grave harm, leave them with catastrophic effects on mind and body. The mental agony combined with physical pain and an unforeseen financial burden cause long-term depression and frustration in many of them.
Ten months on, 22-year-old acid attack victim Aarti Thakur is yet to piece her life together. The fact that she was attacked in the middle of a busy Goregaon station has only worsened her trauma. The fear of being attacked again has robbed her of all confidence to step out and live life normally. Not only that, her medical expenses and the need for two more surgeries have only added to the burden of her single parent. Thakur said the family is in the process of collecting around Rs 2 lakh for corrective procedures.
Doctors say acid or chemical attacks can have horrific impact on the human skin. Plastic surgeon Dr Sunil Keswani, who has treated several acid attack victims, said mostly concentrated hydrochloric or sulfuric acid is used. "It could melt skin tissue, exposing the bones and in worse cases, even melt the bone," he said. Worse, he added, in most cases the victims need recurrent surgeries as contractures have a tendency to come back.
While figures on attack on women are scarce, activists believe 200-300 acid attack cases take place in India every year. Psychiatrist Dr Yusuf Matcheswalla said the ways of dealing with trauma vary. "Some come out of it fast while others go into a shell. The onus is on loved ones to reach out and give them confidence, or on the victims to seek help."
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