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Giffords upgraded from critical to serious
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January 17, 2011, Monday
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US Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords' medical condition was upgraded from critical to serious yesterday, eight days after she was shot through the head by a gunman at close range.
Doctors said they upgraded Giffords' condition because she was no longer attached to a ventilator, having replaced a breathing tube in her throat with a tracheotomy tube inserted into her windpipe on Saturday.
"She is breathing on her own," said a statement released by the University Medical Center in Tucson. "Yesterday's procedures were successful and uneventful."
Doctors also have fitted Giffords with a feeding tube, a practice not uncommon for patients in intensive care with brain injuries.
Giffords, 40, had been the only patient in critical condition from a shooting last Saturday that left 12 other people wounded. Six more gunshot victims died in the rampage. One patient was discharged on Saturday, leaving two others hospitalized in good condition.
A 22-year-old college dropout, Jared Lee Loughner, was arrested for the shootings. He is charged with five federal counts, including the murder of a federal judge and the attempted assassination of Giffords.
The rampage sparked a national debate about whether the vitriolic tone of partisan politics in the United States in recent years had contributed to the suspect's motivations.
Doctors said they upgraded Giffords' condition because she was no longer attached to a ventilator, having replaced a breathing tube in her throat with a tracheotomy tube inserted into her windpipe on Saturday.
"She is breathing on her own," said a statement released by the University Medical Center in Tucson. "Yesterday's procedures were successful and uneventful."
Doctors also have fitted Giffords with a feeding tube, a practice not uncommon for patients in intensive care with brain injuries.
Giffords, 40, had been the only patient in critical condition from a shooting last Saturday that left 12 other people wounded. Six more gunshot victims died in the rampage. One patient was discharged on Saturday, leaving two others hospitalized in good condition.
A 22-year-old college dropout, Jared Lee Loughner, was arrested for the shootings. He is charged with five federal counts, including the murder of a federal judge and the attempted assassination of Giffords.
The rampage sparked a national debate about whether the vitriolic tone of partisan politics in the United States in recent years had contributed to the suspect's motivations.
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