A 21-year-old student admitted to Delhi's Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital after the CJP march remains under observation in the ICU. (Express photo by Tabshir shams)By Tuesday afternoon, the corridor outside the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) on the fifth floor of Ram Manohar Lohiya Hospital had fallen quiet.The doors to the ward swung open every few minutes before closing again. Two police officers sat on the staircase outside – one scrolling through reels on his phone, the other leaning against the railing. Along the corridor, attendants of other patients sat on the stairs, pausing their conversations each time a nurse, doctor or ward attendant emerged through the doors.According to the hospital staff, around 230 people were brought here for treatment after Monday’s police crackdown on the CJP protest. By Tuesday morning, while many had been discharged, only one protester — 21-year-old Sakshi, who is pursuing an Advanced Diploma in Computer Applications — remained in the ICU.Several attendants said the atmosphere outside the ICU had changed since Monday.Until a day earlier, they said, relatives could move in and out of the fifth floor with relative ease. Since Sakshi’s admission, they said, security had become noticeably tighter. Now, attendants waited outside until hospital staff called them in during designated visiting hours.“Earlier, it was much easier to meet our loved ones,” said an attendant whose mother has been in the ICU for the past eight days after suffering seizures. “Now everything has become strict. Unless the hospital staff allow it, nobody is allowed inside.”Until shortly before noon, Sakshi’s family had been among those waiting in the same corridor.Story continues below this adHer brother, Manish, sat quietly on the staircase after spending the night at the hospital. Speaking in short, measured sentences, he said he had barely slept.“She had come to Delhi for sightseeing,” he said. “The next thing we heard was from the hospital.”A few minutes later, the ICU doors opened again.Sakshi’s mother stepped out. Dressed in a yellow suit with a dupatta covering her head, she walked slowly towards the lift, her eyes fixed on the floor.Also Read | Rahul Gandhi’s detention to Centre’s outreach — where the CJP protest stands nowOne of her sons asked Manish to gather Sakshi’s belongings – a blue-striped bedsheet, a small brown pillow, two bags and a medical file — from the staircase. As the family prepared to leave, they walked silently towards the lift.Later that afternoon, as journalists gathered outside the ICU hoping to speak with them, hospital staff escorted the family away from the corridor to a private room. The staff later said they had gone to meet the hospital director.Story continues below this adAccording to sources, Sakshi suffered asphyxia in a stampede-like situation that broke out after teargas shells were fired and protesters began running. She also sustained injuries to her face, chest and neck, the sources said.When Sakshi was brought to the hospital on Monday, her family said she was placed on ventilator support.By Tuesday evening, however, the family said her condition had improved significantly. She was conscious, well-oriented and had been taken off the ventilator after doctors told them she was no longer in critical condition.“We are hopeful she will be discharged soon,” a family member said.