Girl, 17, Indian expat student in UAE, dies of cardiac arrest

Sharjah: A 17-year-old Indian expat student in the UAE has died following a cardiac arrest, her family said on Friday.

The deceased has been identified as Aisha Mariam, a Grade 11 student at Sharjah Indian School. She had just turned 17 on December 9.

According to her family, who hails from the south Indian state of Kerala, Aisha suddenly fell unwell and was rushed to a private hospital on Thursday.

However, she remained unresponsive and doctors pronounced her dead on Thursday afternoon.

It is not clear if she had any underlying condition that led to cardiac arrest as the medical history of the student is not immediately known.

Aisha was the daughter of Muhammed Saife and Rubeena Muhammed Saife.

Legal proceedings for the repatriation of Aisha’s body are currently being handled by Yab Legal Service, said the firm’s CEO, Salam Pappinissery, who is from the native place of Aisha’s family in Kannur district.

The mortal remains of the teenage student are being kept at the Sharjah Police Mortuary while all necessary formalities are completed.

Arrangements are being made to transport Aisha’s remains back to Kerala once all legal and administrative procedures have been concluded.

Aisha’s death marks the second reported case of an Indian teenage student dying of cardiac arrest in the UAE in recent months.

Vaishnav Krishnakumar, an 18-year-old Indian expat student in Dubai, had died of cardiac arrest, on October 21.