A 20-year old Indian man has passed away at Auckland Hospital on Wednesday, July 19.
According to reliable sources, Gurvinder Singh was suffering from Pneumonia and was admitted to Auckland hospital on Friday, July 14 where he breathed last on Wednesday.
The Indian High Commission in New Zealand has taken the lead in taking a prompt action in arranging for funeral services and repatriation of the body back to India.
Earlier last week, the Indian High Commission has promptly liaised with the New Zealand High Commission to India, Nepal and Bangladesh in New Delhi to make urgent visa arrangements for Gurvinder’s father to travel to New Zealand to visit his sick son.
Gurvinder, popularly known as Garry Gill among friends had come to New Zealand in 2015 and studied cookery for two years from Institute of Applied Learning School of Hospitality and Culinary Arts in Henderson. He finished his course in March 2017, was on an open job search visa and started working as a chef for a restaurant in Wellington.
However, Gurvinder had recently returned to Auckland after being injured in Wellington and being out of work due to injury. He again started working as a chef in a restaurant in Auckland.
He fell sick during the bad weather brought by the recent polar blast and was admitted to the hospital earlier last week.
“Gurvinder was a great guy, so cheerful and full of life and I cannot fathom that he is no longer with us,” Sandeep Singh, Gurvinder’s former classmate and friend mourned.