UAE: Tears of joy as man found unconscious on street reunites with family in India
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HELP AT HAND: Social worker Shirali Shaikh Muzaffer visits Prasad at the hospital
GOING HOME: Prasad is wheeled into the airport by Muzaffer, accompanied by Hidayath Addoor (left)
LIGHT MOMENT: Social worker Addoor with Prasad before his flight
REUNITED: Prasad with his family in India
Social workers and philanthropists came to his rescue.
Sick, stranded and broke. This is how a 38-year-old worker, hailing from the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, was found as he lay unconscious on a street in Sharjah last month.
Hidayath Addoor from International Kannadigas Federation, Muzzafar Sheik Aim India Foundation and Raj Shinde from Fortune group along with Chhangur Prasad
MANGALURU: Kannadigas from various organisations joined hands to help Chhangur Prasad, 38, from Uttar Pradesh return home. Prasad reached his hometown on Tuesday.
Hidayath Addoor, convener, International Kannadigas Federation (IKF) told TOI, that Prasad who was found on the streets in March was picked up by police and admitted to a hospital in Dubai. The hospital authorities contacted Muzzafar Sheik from Aim India Foundation over phone, who, in turn, reached out to IKF. The hospital stated that they have a case from India and the victim was showing no signs of improvement. Prasad from Lucknow was diagnosed with complications in the stomach including a brain tumour.