A partially paralysed expatriate who had raked up a BD20,000 bill for treatment flew home after he was granted a lifeline.
Gangadhar Pashkam Sarthala had also lost his speech after undergoing multiple surgeries on his head following an accident in August last year.
His wish to reunite with his family in the south Indian state of Telangana was granted on Friday when the King Hamad University Hospital (KHUH) waived the massive bill.
The generous gesture followed diplomatic intervention on a request by the Telugu Kala Samiti (TKS), an organisation representing the residents from the south Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
The 36-year-old runaway labourer was taken to KHUH in August last year with his left side paralysed. He subsequently underwent ‘multiple surgeries’ on his head.
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