Dr Aafia Siddiqui, an American educated Pakistani neuroscientist, who is suffering from gunshot wounds, was granted access to urgent medical attention by a US judge when she appeared for her bail hearing in a federal court on Monday. That was granted by US Judge Henry Pitman, who ordered she be seen by a physician within 24 hours.
The judge also put off the bail hearing till September 3, while Dr Siddiqui undergoes medical treatment.