Doctors have not given up hope of WDC member’s recovery

Local medias, on Monday, erroneously reported the death of Vilimale’ representative on Male’ City Council’s Women’s Development Committee (WDC), Aminath Eman, 29, who sustained critical injuries in an accident in Hulhumale’ on Sunday.

Some of the media outlets reported her death based on erroneous information released by Male’ City Council’s via its WhatsApp group.

However, ADK Hospital, where Eman is hospitalized, state her doctors have not declared her death.

Doctors decided on early Monday to take her off the ventilator due to lack hope of her recovery. However, she continued to have a heartbeat, and despite their earlier decision, she wasn’t taken off the ventilator after she showed slight improvement.

A WDC member confirmed doctors haven’t given up hope of Eman’s recovery.

“Doctors said they haven’t given up hope. She remains on the ventilator. Everyone, people pray as much as you can,” she said.

Eman was driving along Kuredhi Magu in Hulhumale’ on Sunday evening when she fell off her motorcycle.

She remained unconscious, and was put on a ventilator on Sunday night.

Eman was alone on the road when the accident took place. She was transported to the hospital approximately 20 minutes later, after a passerby saw her collapsed on the ground.

A WDC member who spoke to Sun said Eman fell when she hit a speedbump on the road. She said that paint on the speedbump was faded, and that she was believed to have fallen when she hit the speedbump as she hadn’t seen it.

“What happened was, because the paint on the speedbump was so faded. She didn’t see the speedbump. So she went over the speedbump at high speed. She was thrown on impact and fell on top of the speedbump,” she said.

Eman was initially treated at the Hulhumale’ Hospital before she was transferred to the ADK Hospital in Male’ City.

The WDC member who spoke to Sun said that Eman was slightly breathing but remained unconscious.

“One side of the skull is fractured, and she has internal bleeding. She just has a heartbeat. She shows no movement,” she said.

Editor’s note: Sun apologizes for our early erroneous report of Eman’s death, which was based on information released by the Male’ City Council via its WhatsApp group. We immediately removed the article in question after we learnt of the error. We offer sincere apologies to Eman’s family and our readers for the error.