An Indian family has sought help to repatriate an accident victim lying in coma in a United Arab Emirates (UAE) hospital after the company he was working with refused to give details of his insurance policy or settle his end-of-service benefits, a media report said Wednesday.
Khulvinder, 42, was working as a foreman with a construction company based in Ras Al Khaimah when he met with an accident, "but his employers are not offering him any accident compensation or settling his end-of-service benefits", Gulf News quoted his brother Balveer as saying.
"It has been a year since he has been in this vegetative state. There is pressure from every corner to discharge him from the hospital," said the victim's brother.
The family is from Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.
Khulvinder was admitted to Al Jimi Hospital in Al Ain after a road accident in September last year. He had worked with the construction company for more than nine years, but "the company has not responded to our request to send us a copy of his insurance claim", the brother said.
He added that the family was counting on the insurance claim to meet Khulvinder's treatment expenses once he was brought back home.
He said his brother's treatment would cost more than Rs.125,000 a month at any local hospital in Punjab. "We want to bring him home to his family. But how can we do it without claiming the compensation money?"
The family has started a legal battle against the construction company.
Nobody was available to comment on behalf of the company.
