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Khaleej Times
3 days ago
- Khaleej Times
UAE: Four-month-old son of Abu Dhabi crash victims in very critical condition, says uncle
A four-month-old baby who was injured in a deadly car crash that killed his parents is in a very critical condition, according to a family member. The baby, Syed Umar, who suffered a severe brain injury in the accident is currently on a ventilator. Syed's parents were killed in a car accident in Al Dhannah City on Thursday morning. The Indian couple were on their way from Abu Dhabi when the incident occurred at 3am. 'Right now, he is breathing because of the ventilator,' said Syed Mateen, the uncle of the child. 'Doctors have told us that if he is taken off the ventilator, his heart will most likely cease to beat, and he will not be able to breathe on his own. They have said that he is almost fully brain dead.' Stay up to date with the latest news. Follow KT on WhatsApp Channels. It was in the early hours of Thursday that Syed Waheed and the wife Sana Beeghum were killed in a crash when returning to Ruwais from Abu Dhabi. Their three children were hospitalised with varying injuries. Eight-year-old Sidrah Mohammed and one-year-old Sadiya Mirha have had surgeries for their injuries and are recovering in the hospital. No time to grieve According to Mateen, the girls will be discharged early next week and the family are still discussing their future plans. 'Their father, my brother in law, always wanted his daughters to become paediatricians,' he said. 'God willing, we will work to realise his dream. We are still discussing whether to continue their education in the UAE or whether to take them back to our hometown in Hyderabad.' He added that the family has not told the children about the death of their parents. 'We have told them that they are busy,' he said. 'The elder one, Sidrah, keeps telling me, Uncle, please call my mom and dad. I want to speak to them. I keep postponing it saying we will call when you get better. I don't know what to tell them.' The 25-year-old Mateen has been in and out of hospital since the crash. Earlier this week, he travelled to Hyderabad along with the dead bodies of his sister and brother-in-law to complete their final rites. 'When I came back, I brought my mother and my little sister along with me,' he said. 'They have been the ones in the hospital since then, while I have been busy trying to sort out the paperwork and other formalities. Waheed's company has also extended a lot of support to us during this trying time.' He said that he and his family have had no time to grieve. 'All our energy is focused on caring for the girls,' he said. 'The little one is not even 2 years old. We are trying to make sure that they recover well.'
Daily Mail
6 days ago
- Health
- Daily Mail
'America's saddest man' beaten up and taken to LA hospital...but no one knows who he is
A man lies in a Los Angeles hospital room hooked up to a ventilator with hospital officials begging for any information to help identify him. The man was brought to Dignity Health-California Hospital Medical Center on August 9, according to KTLA. He was found completely unresponsive near an intersection in the city's Westlake District, on South Alvarado and 7th Streets. The hospital has been treating him for several days but he has not woken up, so doctors have been unable to find out who he is. In addition, they have found no documentation or evidence that could reveal the man's identity. They are putting out information about the mystery man in an attempt to locate anyone that can provide information. Dignity Healthy released a photo and described him as an Hispanic man in his early 50s. Officials say the 5-feet 5-inches tall man weighs 145 pounds and has brown eyes and black-gray hair. He was found completely unresponsive near an intersection in the city's Westlake District, on South Alvarado and 7th Streets They would not reveal what the man's condition was due to doctor-patient confidentiality laws. He currently suffers several scabs and cuts across his face and nose and remains on a ventilator. If the public have any information regarding this man, California Hospital Medical Center are urging you to call them at 213-742-5511 or 213-507-5495. It's unclear if there was any criminal element involved in why the man ended up in this tragic situation. The Daily Mail has reached out to the Los Angeles Police Department for comment. Unfortunately, stories like these are all too common. Last month, a California man was found unconscious and was rushed to St. Mary Medical Center in Long Beach. He was believed to be in his mid-forties, but just as in Pam's case, little else was known about the patient. A chilling photo released by Dignity Health showed the man lying in a hospital bed, hooked up to a ventilator. In October 2024, another California hospital took a similar approach to Mount Sinai in hopes of identifying a seriously ill patient. Staff at the Riverside Community Hospital had done everything they could think of, but could not determine the name of a man who came through the facility's doors a month earlier. They refused to say what was wrong with him or why he was attached to a ventilator, but released a photograph in the hopes that someone can put a name to the face. Identifying John or Jane Doe patients is no easy task, as doctors and other hospital staff members must work to find out who they are without violating their rights. The New York Department of Health has protocols in place specifically for missing children, college students and vulnerable adults. These standards were set in 2018 after 'several instances of a missing adult with Alzheimer's disease who was admitted to a hospital as an unidentified patient and police and family members were unable to locate the individual.' However, the process is not as cut and dry when it is the hospital asking for the public's help instead of the other way around. While hospitals have been known to share images of unknown patients when all else fails, they are not allowed to reveal much about their circumstances.
Daily Mail
30-06-2025
- Health
- Daily Mail
Ben Askren health update: UFC cult hero's wife shares progress report amid star's terrifying battle with pneumonia
Ben Askren has received a double lung transplant as the UFC cult hero's wife provided an update on his health. Back on June 7, Askren was hospitalized due to 'severe pneumonia ' stemming from a staph infection which left him in critical condition and on a ventilator, causing concern among MMA fans. Now his wife, who has kept fans in the loop throughout his ordeal, says he has received a life-saving operation on his lungs. 'We are so thankful to share that Ben has received a double lung transplant,' she wrote in on her Instagram story on Monday morning. 'We are forever thankful to the donor and his family. This is the beginning of a new lifestyle for Ben, but every new day he has is a gift. 'It still doesn't feel real that he was walking around completely healthy just 5 weeks ago. So much can change so quickly. 'Please keep Ben in your prayers that his body welcomes the new lungs as if they were his own. I am constantly in awe of all the people carrying us through right now. I can't wait to tell Ben all about it. 'I'm hopeful that in coming weeks Ben will be able to give the next update, but hopefully he will wait until the drugs wear off.' More to follow.
BBC News
18-06-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Bridlington boy who uses a ventilator in fundraising bike race
A Bridlington boy who uses a ventilator has raised almost £600 after taking part in in a relay race on behalf of a charity that designs equipment for children with 7, cycled along the town's seafront last week using a specially designed trailer holding his breathing leg was part of a 2,500 mile (4,024 km) national race from Glasgow to Windsor to generate funds for the Cerebra Welsh-based organisation has produced specially adapted paddleboards, bikes and wheelchairs, which it provides for free. Head of product design Dr Ross Head said the charity responded to requests directly from families."Whether it's an adapted bike, a paddle board or a device to help a child throw a ball for their dog, each product has a real impact on a child's life," he said. "We might only make one or two of each item, or we might produce hundreds, but they are so well-used because it meets a real need for that child."Henry was born with multiple medical conditions and needs help to breathe through a tube in his requiring a ventilator 24 hours a day he plays football, cycles and learnt to swim. His mother Shevonne said that wherever Henry goes the medical equipment "has to move with him"."The difference with Henry is that he is a mobile child as well and he's running, climbing and everything and he has always been that way," she told the BBC One Show."Dr Ross made these trollies ready for us to try different prototypes."All of getting up to this point Henry being so independent is down to those solutions that Dr Ross has made for us."Listen to highlights from Hull and East Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here.
Daily Mail
13-05-2025
- General
- Daily Mail
Moment London bus driver refuses to lower ramp for disabled toddler in wheelchair - before driving away and leaving them by the side of the road
A London bus driver was caught on camera refusing to lower the ramps to allow a disabled wheelchair-bound toddler to board up to '12 times a week', a frustrated mother has revealed. The anonymous parent started recording the encounters and one video, taken at 10:45am on Wednesday, shows her at the back entrance of the 197 bus in Croydon, south London. She pressed the button to ask the driver to lower the ramp as she was taking her son, Charles, two, to a soft play session in a specialist chair. The male driver gestures for her to come to the front of the bus, telling her 'it's just a buggy' and asking her to 'bump it up' - before driving off. A second video, taken on their way home around 12:15, shows a female driver who came off the bus to attempt to lift the chair on board. She got back into the cab when the mother said 'no' - and a supervisor told her to lower the ramp and the mother and her child were able to board the bus, she said. She began filming the incidents because these incidents happen up to 12 times a week since Charles came out of hospital a year ago, she said. Charles has chronic lung disease and needs to be on a ventilator for at least 16 hours a day. He is fed via a tube into his tummy, and he can't speak or walk. He was born weighing just 2lbs on August 8, 2022, four weeks after his twin sister died. Charles travels in a specialised chair which his mother got from NHS wheelchair services. His ventilator, oxygen cylinder, suction machine, and feeding pump, which he needs to take everywhere with him, are stored below the seat, his mum explained. She doesn't want to bump the chair up onto buses in case the equipment gets hit and damaged, or falls, or Charles's feeding or waste tubes get dislodged, she explained. The single parent, who gave up her job as a carer and in admin when Charles was born, said: 'It's awful and feels so humiliating when this happens, when I got to the soft play I was crying. 'Busses are Charles's absolute obsession, and once this has happened I just want to go home but I can't, I have to keep going for him. 'It's really upsetting to be left standing at the bus stop watching the bus driving off. 'They just don't care, all they have to do is press a button. Someone who doesn't need the ramp isn't going to ask for it. 'People shouldn't be expected to explain their disabilities or justify their needs. 'It's discrimination just because it doesn't look like a wheelchair, and it's not fair. 'Some people have hidden disabilities, drivers have no right to ask them to discuss that. 'It's hard enough for us to go out, we don't have long before he needs to be back on the ventilator. 'Charles has to fight for every day of his life. Once I manage to get us out the door I just need for things to go smoothly, that's not too much to ask. 'All I want to do is get on the bus and have a bit of peace, not arguments. 'By the time we've had the discussion they could easily have just put down the ramp, it makes no sense.' The mum posted the videos on TikTok where they got half-a-million views and other parents of disabled children said they have similar experiences regularly. Rosie Trew, TfL's head of bus service delivery, said: 'Wheelchair users and others requiring use of the ramp have every right to expect to be able to use the ramp on every journey. 'Any unreasonable refusal to deploy the on-bus ramp is completely unacceptable and we are very sorry for the distress this has caused. 'We are working with the bus operator to fully investigate the incidents and continue to urge anyone who experiences issues like these to report them immediately.'
