NEW DELHI/SINGAPORE: The 23-year-old Delhi gang-rape victim was admitted on Thursday morning to the Mount Elizabeth Hospital's intensive care unit in Singapore in an extremely critical condition, a hospital spokesperson said."The patient arrived at Mount Elizabeth Hospital's intensive care unit this morning in an extremely critical condition," the spokesperson said."She is being examined and the hospital is working with the Indian High Commission. We request that the privacy of the patient and family be respected," the spokesperson said.Earlier, the Indian High Commission in Singapore said that the plane carrying the girl landed at the Changi International Airport at 7.30am (5am IST).Earlier, Late on Wednesday night, the rape victim was flown in a special air ambulance to Singapore."Her health is precarious, that's the main issue before the government," said a Union minister, not wanting to be identified. Doctors at Safdarjung Hospital where Nirbhaya (a symbolic name given to the victim by the TOI) was being treated for the last one week were hesitant to hold out hope. "Still, the fight to save her is just as strong," said a doctor.Safdarjung Hospital sources said Singapore's Mount Elizabeth is equipped to deal with trauma and serious medical complications. It is also capable of carrying out multiple organ transplants. It is understood that Amar Singh's kidney transplant took place at this hospital.Niirbhaya is being accompanied by Dr P K Verma, incharge of Safdarjung Hospital's ICU, who is leading a team of doctors, many of them from Medanta. Her father and mother are also accompanying her. Three air ambulances have been pressed into service - two of Safdarjung Hospital's and one of Medanta's.The decision to take Nirbhaya to Singapore is understood to have been taken at the highest level. The Union cabinet discussed her worsening health condition on Wednesday morning and considered options for her medical care abroad. Government is also concerned about fresh protests if the worst can't be averted, and is therefore keen to be seen to be doing its very best to save Nirbhaya. Nirbhaya's condition worsened last night when she suffered a cardiac arrest and was revived after administration of CPR (cardiac pulmonary resuscitation). Through Wednesday, doctors at Safdarjung hospital struggled to fight the infection seeping through her body.Sources said the government has been considering the possibility of an intestine transplant but Nirbhaya can undergo this only after the sepsis threatening to overwhelm her weakened immune system recedes. Moving Nirbhaya abroad will also mean that Safdarjung hospital is no longer a focus of protestors and media attention.As word of Nirbhaya's impending transfer spread, the crowd outside the hospital began to swell as protestors began to arrive along with BJP state chief Vidender Gupta. The victim was shifted from Safdarjung hospital in a Medanta ambulance, from the Gurgaon-based multi-speciality hospital run by heart surgeon Naresh Trehan. A team from Medanta also examined Nirbhaya on Wednesday.Speculation mounted earlier in the evening as for the first time in several days, there was no official word on Nirbhaya's medical condition.Doctors did not issue a health bulletin and media persons were awaiting official word on her condition. Nirbhaya's family members were also unavailable for information.Nirbhaya's health concerns loomed in the backdrop of plans for a protest march by women's groups on Thursday that had police on tenterhooks. Another round of protests could precipitate a fresh confrontation with the government.(With inputs from PTI) ||||| Image caption The victim is being treated at a specialised facility in Singapore 
 
 A female student who was gang-raped on a bus in India's capital Delhi has arrived in Singapore for further treatment, officials say. 
 
 The 23-year-old victim - who remains on life support - is being treated at a specialised facility and may require an organ transplant. 
 
 The attack earlier this month triggered violent public protests, which left one police officer dead. 
 
 An inquiry into possible lapses by the authorities is now under way. 
 
 The investigation is being led by retired judge Usha Mehra. 
 
 Six men have been arrested and two police officers have been suspended following the 16 December attack. 
 
 An air ambulance carrying the woman landed at Singapore Changi International Airport early on Thursday, the Indian High Commission in Singapore told news agencies. 
 
 The victim - who has already had three operations in Delhi - was then taken to the city's Mount Elizabeth hospital. 
 
 The hospital said in a statement quoted by the Associated Press that she was admitted to the intensive care unit "in an extremely critical condition". 
 
 "She is being examined and the hospital is working with the Indian High Commission," the statement said. 
 
 'Prolonged treatment' 
 
 Senior Delhi doctor BD Athani told the Press Trust of India that the hospital had "a state-of-art multi-organ transplant facility" to treat the victim's severe intestinal injuries. 
 
 The woman's family have accompanied her to Singapore because the treatment might take a long time, Dr Athani added. 
 
 Police in Delhi have opened roads and metro stations shut since Monday as protests against the incident eased. 
 
 The government has tried to halt the rising anger by announcing a series of measures intended to make Delhi safer for women. 
 
 These include more police night patrols, checks on bus drivers and their assistants, and the banning of buses with tinted windows or curtains. 
 
 The government has also said that it will post the photos, names and addresses of convicted rapists on official websites to shame them. 
 
 But the protesters say the government's pledge to seek life sentences for the attackers is not enough - many are calling for the death penalty. 
 
 The victim and her friend had been to see a film when they boarded the bus in the Munirka area, intending to travel to Dwarka in south-west Delhi. 
 
 Police said she was raped for nearly an hour, and both she and her companion were beaten with iron bars and thrown out of the moving bus into a Delhi street.
– The woman who was gang-raped on a New Delhi bus has been flown to Singapore for treatment. The 23-year-old remains in 'extremely critical condition,' says a hospital rep, and she may need an organ transplant. India's government fears that continuing protests—which have already seen the death of a police officer, the BBC notes—could grow depending on the woman's fate, the Times of India reports. And it adds that her health has only worsened: She suffered a cardiac arrest on Wednesday, and is fighting sepsis, which must be dealt with before an intestine transplant can be considered. Authorities, led by a retired judge, are conducting an inquiry into the official response to the assault. Two police officers have been suspended amid concerns that authorities have looked the other way while women are attacked. The protests earlier prompted a citywide lockdown, but roads and subway stations are beginning to reopen, the BBC adds.