Joel gets a hero's farewell from KMC

Mangalore: "You are not ordinary, you are a hero. You helped yourself to save your life and you saved other five lives too by sending them early to the hospital", said Dr. Mahesh Inder VS MBBS, MD, DHA (Chief Operating Officer & Medical Superintendent).? He was speaking at a press conference held in the KMC Board room today, 27th May, 2010. He added that Joel, who is one of the crash survivor which KMC hospital took charge of, had been blessed by God to be a miraculous survivor.
While discharging him from the hospital, Dr. Mahesh Inder handed over a floral bouquet to Mr. Joel D'Souza and said that he was a brave person who had saved five other passengers by sending them to the hospital in a car, while he himself walked till the immigration, had his passport stamped and came out to meet his home people.
According to Dr. Preetham Raj Salian (Orthopedic Surgeon), Joel had a compression fracture of the lower spine. The area around the fracture is painful, and the pain worsens with walking, standing and prolonged sitting. He also had a ligament injury in his right leg. He had been advised for 6 weeks of complete bed rest. Dr. Adul Fazil (Physician) was treating him. "When Joel was admitted in our hospital, he was very cooperative and Dr. Supriya Hegde (Counsellor) was assisting him when he was in shock.? Joel has seen this traumatic scene as it happened before his eyes and it will be forever in his mind. However he is slowly recovering from the shock" said Dr. Supriya.
28/05/10 Violet Pereira/Mangalorean.com

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