PATIALA: After treatment for about six months in a private hospital here, there is slight improvement in the health of Burundi student, Yannick Nihangaza, who was brutally attacked in Jalandhar in April, but the long stay of his father in Patiala has badly affected the financial health of the family.
Yannick's mother and younger brother want to come to Patiala to see their recovering family member, but don't have money left to pay for travel expenses.
"My wife Jotisean and younger son Landri want to come here. They need $3000 for this. But since I am staying here after quitting my job last April, my wife and son don't have money to pay for their travel expenses," said Nestor, father of Yannick.
On April 22 last year, the 23-year-old BSc computer science student of a private university had gone to attend a party in Jalandhar when some unidentified persons attacked him, severely beat him up and threw him on roadside. Yannick was hit on the head and had slipped into coma and was taken to a hospital by some unidentified persons. Later, in view of his serious condition, he was referred to a private hospital in Patiala, where he remained in coma till the end of November. He regained consciousness in the last week of November.
Getting information about the serious condition of his son, Nestor reached Patiala on April 24 and since then, he has been staying here in a room in the hospital to take care of his son.
Nestor worked with an NGO in Burundi and had to quit his job as the condition of his son worsened.
The mother of Yannick had come to Patiala in August 2012 and stayed here for 20 days. In the absence of her husband and any other financial support from anyone, all the family burden has now fallen on her younger son Jotisean, who has been working in a private company.
"She has been calling me almost everyday to get the latest news about Yannick's health. Sometimes, she starts crying over phone. She stayed here for 20 days in last August, but Yannick did not open his eyes even for once. As he has now started opening eyes, she wants to see him," said Nestor, while sitting with his daughter Fiona, who had come to Patiala some days back.
"I am waiting for the day when my son will get well and I will be able to take him back to unite him with his mother and younger brother," said Nestor.
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