Sada-e-Watan Sydney ™
sadaewatan@gmail.com
Date: 26 March 2014,
Subject: Crippled / Paralysed
Pakistani Student Arsalan Umair Akbar Repatriated to Pakistan by the Consulate
General / Government of Pakistan.
The crippled / paralysed
Pakistani student, Arsalan Umair, who had been admitted in Shellharbour Hospital
Wollongong, was discharged from the hospital on 7 March 2014 and shifted to his
accommodation in Auburn (Sydney). The doctors had opined that if he took
prescribed medicines on time and undergone regular physiotherapy, he could
recover completely in next few months. He was also advised to take complete rest
and not to work until he fully recovers.
Since Arsalan was on a student visa he was earning his livelihood in Australia,
by working part time. After being crippled, it had become very difficult and
expensive for him to sustain and survive in Australia. Although the Consulate
had ensured through the insurance company, Pakistan Association of Australia and
Pakistani doctors in Sydney that all medical charges of Arsalan were taken care
of, his father Mr. Akbar Ali from Lahore approached this Mission to repatriate
him to Pakistan on state expense.
Thus, the Consulate General Sydney repatriated Arsalan Umair back to Lahore
Pakistan on 15 March 2014. Today, on inquiry from this Mission, father of
Arsalan informed that he was getting medicines and undergoing physiotherapy in
Lahore and was improving albeit slowly.
Abdul
Aziz Uqaili
Consul General and Trade Minister
