Dubai: A 28-year-old Indian, who moved to Dubai last month dreaming of a rosy future, is lying in a critical condition at Rashid Hospital, battling a multi-organ failure.
Dr Raees Ahmad, Head of ICU at Rashid Hospital, told XPRESS that Jackson Coutinho, who hails from the coastal state of Goa, has been in the hospital for 45 days.
"He came in with his liver, kidneys and lungs severely damaged," he said, adding that Jackson's pancreas was infected and that he was operated upon for internal bleeding in his abdomen on September 20.
Jackson's cousin Tony Coutinho said it all began with a stomach upset in Mumbai from where Jackson had flown to Dubai to join a Jebel Ali company as a technician. Three days after he arrived, he was admitted to the Jebel Ali Hospital with high fever and was later shifted to Rashid Hospital.
Unstable
"His condition is not stable to be out of the ICU," said Dr Ahmad. He said he expected Jackson to be off the ventilator soon. His liver had improved but the damage to the pancreas and the complications he had developed in his abdomen were of concern, he noted.
The family is keen to move Jackson back to India. Dr Ahmad said if Jackson responds to treatment and there are no further complications, there may be hope for him to be transferred to India on a stretcher bed with a doctor or nurse in the next 10-14 days.
Jackson's family, which is from a financially weak background, has appealed for support from the community to help him return home.
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