A young woman who sustained injuries in an accident in GDh. Thinadhoo back in April died on Thursday in a hospital in Male’.
Zahiya Niyaz, 31, a native of Thinadhoo, had sustained serious head injuries after the motorcycle she was driving collided with a car on April 27.
She was initially treated in the ICU at the Dr. Abdul Samad Memorial Hospital in Thinadhoo before she was transferred to the Indhira Gandhi Memorial Hospital (IGMH) in Male’ the same night.
Zahiya had shown signs of improvement post-surgery before her condition deteriorated after she developed an infection.
She was reportedly being treated on a ventilator when she died on Thursday.
The police had previously said they were investigating the accident.