DOCTORS have today confirmed the terrible news that Perth girl Denishar Woods sustained brain damage after being shocked by a tap at a Beldon home.

The 11-year-old’s mother Lacey Harrison met with doctors at Princess Margaret Hospital on Tuesday where they broke the devastating news.

“Doctors don’t know how bad the damage is and couldn’t say if or when Denishar will wake up,” Ms Harrison said.

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“There’s no words to explain what I feel.

“My girl’s not my girl any more.

“I thought she was just going to wake up.”

Denishar remains in intensive care at the hospital, with nurses maintaining around-the-clock care trying to cool the 11-year-old’s organs.

Denishar Woods' family remain by her bedside after she suffered the shock at a Beldon home.

There’s concerns Denishar’s brain may swell over the next two days, causing a bleed that could cut off her airways.

Doctors at PMH have been monitoring the 11-year-old’s brain activity, after Denishar was deprived of oxygen when her heart shut down due to the electric shock on Saturday night.

It’s estimated around 230 volts ran through Denishar’s body when she tried to turn off a tap in her front yard. Her family say she was stuck on the tap for 10 minutes as her mother and a neighbour tried to break her grip.

According to lawyer John Hammond, the West Australian government could face a potential multi-million dollar claim after the accident at the family’s public housing property.

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Mr Hammond said the Department of Housing’s responsibility to ensure the safety of public housing was clear.

“If the young girl dies, the mother and all the siblings who were present would have a claim against the state for nervous shock,” Mr Hammond said.

“If she survives with horrendous injuries, then as a minor, she will have a massive claim against the state as well.”

Michael Bunko, a director at WA’s electricity regulator, believes the tragedy was likely caused by a fault in the neutral conductor supplying power to the property.

An upstream “open circuit neutral” could be caused by corrosion, a loose connection and in some cases, poor workmanship, Mr Bunko said, and residual current devices would not protect against them.