The state of the visiting father of an Indian man living in New Zealand is worsening as the doctors are waiting for the inevitable.
K Balakrishnan, father of community member Bijosh J came to New Zealand on a visitor visa with his wife to see his son and his family living here. While returning from a family function on Wednesday, May 16, Mr Balakrishnan suffered a massive hemorrhagic stroke in the car, unresponsive to call, and he was rushed to the Middlemore Hospital by his family in an emergency.
Mr Balakrishnan suffered another massive stroke earlier this week. The doctors confirmed to Mr Balakrishnan’s family that the chances of his survival are bleak and they are waiting for the inevitable as his condition is deteriorating every hour.
This has put the family in a fix as they plan to arrange funds to pay the hospital bills which has already amounted to over $20,000. The family is also looking for help as they have to make travelling arrangements for his father back to his home in India along with his family.
“We have lost all hope as doctors have put him in ‘Comfort Care’, as he completes the last few days of his life,” Bijosh told The Indian Weekender on Thursday, May 24.
“The doctors said that the second massive stroke on the left side of his brain had amplified the damage to his brain and they cannot do anything other than some pain relievers,” he added.
Bijosh B and his family are on a work visa in New Zealand currently and has appealed the community to support him cover the medical expenses of his father, as he is travelling with any travel or medical insurance.
Bijosh started a Givealittle page to raise funds for his ailing father which has so far raised $18,970 given by 299 generous donors, but the bills including the oncoming funeral arrangements will surmount to over $35,000.
“We will have to make funeral arrangements for my father when he passes away, then takes his body back to India where his last rites will be performed,” Bijosh added.
Mr Balakrishnan is admitted to the Middlemore Hospital, in Edmund Hillary Building, Ward no. 31, and Room no. 122. The Auckland Malayali Samajam has also come forward asking community’s support to help raise funds for Bijosh.
Follow the link to the Givealittle page to make your contributions: https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/to-raise-the-fund-for-my-father-due