The two-year-old baby - bitten and severely beaten - is struggling for her life at the All India Institue of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).
She was abandoned at the AIIMS trauma centre in a battered state and with human bite marks on her body.
"She was brought to us in a bitten and battered state on January 18. Her head was badly smashed, she had broken arms, bite marks all over her body and her cheeks branded with hot iron. The teenaged girl who brought her to us claimed that the present state was a result of her falling off from the bed, which is unbelievable," Dr MC Misra, chief of Jai Prakash Narayan AIIMS Trauma Centre said.
Dr Sumit Sinha, AIIMS said, "She had sustained injuries all over the body and is still in a critical situation. The brain damage is serious. The injuries suggest that the baby was battered mercilessly, with her head smashed" .
The doctors say even though she is showing signs of recovery, her chances of survival are just 30-40 per cent. But they say even if she beats death this time, chances of her leading independent life remains marginal.
The child, whose parents are untraceable, was brought to AIIMS on January 18 by a 15-year-old girl who claimed to be her mother.
