Accident victim's identity still unknown

By Harisundar G.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, OCT. 20. Officials of the Vincent de Paul Society and the Divyashanthi Ashram at Kannanthura in the city are making all-out efforts to trace the relatives of an accident victim whom they had rescued and provided a new lease of life.

The 60-year-old man was brought to the Medical College Hospital with injuries about a week ago by a person who did not reveal his identity. Though he was given treatment and nursed back to health, he had lost his memory and was unable to recollect the incidents which had led to the accident. The man, who had brought him to the hospital disappeared from the scene when he was asked by the doctor to make arrangements for scanning. It is believed that the victim was knocked down by the vehicle driven by the person who had brought him to the hospital.

The vice-president of the Vincent de Paul Society, Mr. K.V. Thomas, who brought the man to the ashram said that the doctors and patients in the general ward at the Medical College Hospital had told him that the old man behaved normally when he was offered food and medicines, though he seemed to have lost his memory. ``However, when he is asked anything, he starts crying,'' Mr. Thomas said.

On October 19, the man was brought to the Divyashanthi Ashram which provides asylum to street children, mentally-challenged and the infirm.

The Mother Superior of the Divyashanthi Ashram, Sister. Felicita, said they were unable to trace the relatives of the person as he is unable to write his name, address or his children's names. He just draws some lines when he is given a paper and pen, she said.

The authorities of the ashram as well as the Vincent de Paul Society are now desperately searching for his relatives so that he could be handed over to them. And they hope, their efforts would bear fruit soon.

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