AI gives transit passenger new life

Mumbai: A 40-year-old transit passenger who suffered a brain stroke minutes after his Air India Jeddah-Mumbai flight landed on Friday nearly lost his life as immigration authorities were reluctant to let him enter the city to be hospitalised. Being a transit passenger, he did not have the requisite travel documents to enter India, which made the immigration authorities wary of his complaint. In such instances, the passenger has a right to medical treatment/hospitalisation, said an aviation source.
Citing national security as a reason, the immigration authorities said that they could not take a chance. Security at airports in south India has been increased following threats from militant outfits.
It was only after the airline intervened and gave an undertaking, that the passenger was rushed to KEM Hospital in Parel. The entire process took over an hour. "He suffered an intra-cranial bleed, but his condition is now stable," said a KEM doctor.
11/11/06 Manju V/Times of India

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