Disability keeps boy away from his family

A 20-year-old has been separated from his family for over a month now. He can neither tell his name nor his address. He had been silent ever since he was brought to the Bhabha Hospital on February 12 by the Bandra railway police.

He has developed weakness in both his limbs due to which he is unable to communicate even in sign language. “It is difficult to decipher what he is trying to express only through his facial expressions,” said Dr Ajit Kale of Bhabha hospital. The Bandra railway police had found him lying unconscious on the tracks between the Khar and Bandra stations. He had suffered from severe head and face injuries. The police rushed him to hospital.

While the search for his family was on, a man from Madhya Pradesh visited the hospital and claimed that he was from the same village as the patient. “We shall continue his post operation care till we hand him over in safe hands,” concluded Dr Kale.