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Friday, August 15, 2025
Volume 16 . Issue 72
Botulism suffering Indian family of Waikato continues to make remarkable progress on the road to complete recovery.
Two members of the family were shifted from medical ward to the rehab ward suggesting a remarkable progress from their original vegetative and unresponsive condition when the case first emerged on the national scene.
Shibu Kochummen, 35, his wife Subi Babu, 33, and his mother Alekutty Daniel, 62, had consumed freshly hunted wild boar in dinner more than three weeks ago at their Putaruru home and had remained unresponsive and in a vegetative state since then.
“Shibu and his mother have been shifted from medical ward to rehab ward,” Joji Verghese, the spokesperson of the ill-fated family told The Indian Weekender earlier today.
“This is definitely a remarkable progress.
“We all are very pleased with their recovery and hope that wife Subi Babu would also follow them soon [to the rehab ward],” Mr Verghese added.
Earlier last week The Indian Weekender reported the first signs of recovery when the family members regained consciousness for the first time after an almost month-long ordeal.
The family members were then reported to have lost memory with a limited sense of cognizance.
Ms Daniel woke up first, followed by Mr Kochummen earlier last week, but it was not until Friday, December 1, that Ms Babu could open her eyes.
Since then the family is trying to recollect memories of last one month.
“It is going to take time for everything to fall into place.
“Although Babu could not communicate property yet, she asked for her children if they were safe when she woke up.
“We take children to meet with the family every weekend,” Mr Verghese told The Indian Weekender.
Meanwhile, the community is rallying up closely behind the family as generous donors are opening hearts and wallets to help the distressed family by contributing in the Givealittle page.
The Hamilton Marthoma Congregation, of which this family were a member and which is also a registered charity had set up the Givealittle page.
Till the last reading 234 generous donors have contributed $16, 272.22.
The funds would be used to pay for airfares of family members visiting from India and medical expenses of the grandmother Ms Alekutty Daniel, who is on a visitor visa and hence not funded by the public health system.
Botulism suffering Indian family of Waikato continues to make remarkable progress on the road to complete recovery.
Two members of the family were shifted from medical ward to the rehab ward suggesting a remarkable progress from their original vegetative and unresponsive condition when the case...
Botulism suffering Indian family of Waikato continues to make remarkable progress on the road to complete recovery.
Two members of the family were shifted from medical ward to the rehab ward suggesting a remarkable progress from their original vegetative and unresponsive condition when the case first emerged on the national scene.
Shibu Kochummen, 35, his wife Subi Babu, 33, and his mother Alekutty Daniel, 62, had consumed freshly hunted wild boar in dinner more than three weeks ago at their Putaruru home and had remained unresponsive and in a vegetative state since then.
“Shibu and his mother have been shifted from medical ward to rehab ward,” Joji Verghese, the spokesperson of the ill-fated family told The Indian Weekender earlier today.
“This is definitely a remarkable progress.
“We all are very pleased with their recovery and hope that wife Subi Babu would also follow them soon [to the rehab ward],” Mr Verghese added.
Earlier last week The Indian Weekender reported the first signs of recovery when the family members regained consciousness for the first time after an almost month-long ordeal.
The family members were then reported to have lost memory with a limited sense of cognizance.
Ms Daniel woke up first, followed by Mr Kochummen earlier last week, but it was not until Friday, December 1, that Ms Babu could open her eyes.
Since then the family is trying to recollect memories of last one month.
“It is going to take time for everything to fall into place.
“Although Babu could not communicate property yet, she asked for her children if they were safe when she woke up.
“We take children to meet with the family every weekend,” Mr Verghese told The Indian Weekender.
Meanwhile, the community is rallying up closely behind the family as generous donors are opening hearts and wallets to help the distressed family by contributing in the Givealittle page.
The Hamilton Marthoma Congregation, of which this family were a member and which is also a registered charity had set up the Givealittle page.
Till the last reading 234 generous donors have contributed $16, 272.22.
The funds would be used to pay for airfares of family members visiting from India and medical expenses of the grandmother Ms Alekutty Daniel, who is on a visitor visa and hence not funded by the public health system.
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