Hospital bill of Indian accident victim waived off in UAE

Sajeer was admitted to the hospital on August 14 after he and his older brother Sajid Kolathamkuyil (32) met with a horrific accident.-Supplied photos

Umm Al Quwain - Sajeer sustained severe head injuries - including a fracture and profuse bleeding.

Hospital bills amounting to several thousands of dirhams of a 27-year-old Indian national, Sajeer Kolathamkuyil, have been waived off after a special consideration from a team of doctors and senior hospital management at the Sheikh Khalifa Hospital in Umm Al Quwain.
The youth underwent a series of complicated surgeries, including a cranioplasty - a surgical repair of a defect or deformity of a skull - treatment for fractures, and several other treatments.
After a series of excruciation surgeries and treatments over a span of nearly three months, Sajeer is expected to be discharged from the hospital today.
Sajeer was admitted to the hospital on August 14 after he and his older brother Sajid Kolathamkuyil (32) met with a horrific accident that claimed Sajid's life.
Sajeer sustained severe head injuries - including a fracture and profuse bleeding. Until the last week of September, Sajeer was suffering from a short bout of amnesia and had no recollection of the accident. He kept asking for his brother. Hospital authorities said fluids in Sajeer's brain were drained over time and had to wait for the swelling to subside to perform the cranioplasty.
Khaleej Times first reported the story on September 2, a few weeks after the accident took place. After the crash, the brothers' family had lost all hope, and their mother Aysha Kolathamkuyil accepted she'd lost both her sons.
"The family could not be consoled. He was admitted at Sheikh Khalifa Hospital for two and a half months. He was in the ICU for a week. She assumed she had lost both her sons," explained Siraj Ahmed, a shipping professional and Sajeer's relative.
A team of doctors headed by Dr Sanjay Pawar, consultant neurosurgeon at the hospital, performed a cranioplasty and other surgeries on Sajeer. Speaking to Khaleej Times after the series of operations, Sajeer said: "I don't remember anything after the accident. Everything is a blur. I realised my brother was no more after relatives kept visiting me and speaking about him." Sajeer said it was a hard truth to deal with and now he intends to go back to Kerala and take bed rest for a while.
He added: "I am feeling better now. I have no memory of how I got here, and I don't remember anything after. The last thing I remember is taking things from the market to our car. I remember my brother was driving; I realised I was in the ICU only after I regained consciousness."
He said: "I didn't realise that my brother was no more, I found that only recently... Now, I feel slight pain, and I can walk for a few moments."
Siraj said: "Thanks to the efforts from the hospital CMO Dr Zuhair Afnah and the Dr Sanjay Pawar and team that performed surgery on Sajeer. They saved his life. We are very grateful for their efforts."
Mohammed Fayis, another relative of the brothers, said: "His mom is back home. She is normal now, and the doctor has suggested a break for now."

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