India's rape victim died in Singapore.

Doctor: Young woman gang-raped in India dies A 23-year-old Indian woman, whose gang rape aboard a bus in New Delhi spawned days of mass protests across India, has died, according to a doctor who was treating her ata Singapore hospital. The patient "passed away peacefully" at 4:45 a.m. Saturday (3:45p.m. ET Friday), with her family and Indian officials at her side, Dr. Kelvin Loh, chief executive officer at Mount Elizabeth Hospital, said in a statement. The woman had been in"extremely critical condition" since being admitted Thursday to the Singapore hospital, and Loh had said Fridaythat she'd "taken a turnfor the worse." "She had suffered from severe organ failure following serious injuries to her body and brain," Loh said."She was courageous infighting for her life for so long against the odds, but the trauma toher body was too severe for her to overcome." Authorities haven't released the name of the rape victim, but protesters are calling her Damini, which means"lightning" in Hindi. Read more: India gang-rape victim in Singapore for treatment; new protestshit New Delhi Her injuries were so severe that she spent days in intensive care, battling for her life, after the December 16 incident. Police said Saturday that she had recoveredenough to give a statement to a magistrate from her hospital bed the night before. But on Sunday, she underwent another surgery to wash out infection in her abdomen, her doctors said. Reported rape cases have increased drastically over the past 40 years -- from 2,487 in 1971 to 24,206in 2011, according to official figures. New Delhi alone reported 572 rapes last year and more than 600 in 2012.