Hospital ward turns into venue for family reunion

The mood inside ward no 14 on the second floor of Rajawadi Hospital was celebratory yesterday 30yearold Tushar Bhoir whom Vikhroli cops had found lying on the road and bleeding profusely from a wound on his head three months ago was admitted here since then as an lsquounknownrsquo Sources say Tushar who is mentally challenged was prone to getting violent at times His family which had been frantically searching for him was elated to finally find him at the hospital yesterday Tears flowed and sweets were distributed Tushar Bhoir in white with his family PicPradeep Dhivar Over the last few months Tusharrsquos kin had fruitlessly lodged numerous complaints at various police stations in the Eastern suburbs and were hoping for a miracle Speaking to MiD DAY hospital staffers revealed that on the night of January 30 cops from Vikhroli police station spotted an unidentified man lying in a pool of blood on the Eastern Express Highway near Bhandup He was rushed to Rajawadi Hospital in an unconscious state and was left there He was labelled as an lsquounknownrsquo patient Tushar according to his relatives had left their Ghatla village residence in Chembur in the wee hours of January 28 He had been certified as mentally challenged by a panel of doctors attached to the psychiatry department of Grant Medical College and JJ Group of Hospitals in 2012 The family that runs a flower nursery in Chembur searched for him all over but in vain His elder brother Milind 31 had registered a missing complaint at threefour police stations including Govandi Kurla and Chembur 3 months ago ldquoMy brother Tushar never left the house the way he did on the night of January 27 And he never returned We had even advertised about him in a local cable channel and in a few Marathi newspapersrdquo said an emotional Jagruti Bhoir Milind added ldquoI contacted some of the local hospitals including Rajawadi but could not get any information about Tushar In despair we even approached a few tantriks who misguided us saying my brother was either in Panvel or Thane Once the police contacted us to examine the body of an unidentified man who had died in a train accident at the Nair Hospital mortuaryrdquo Meanwhile according to the hospital staff the lsquounknownrsquo man regained senses almost a month later but started behaving strangely He would scream in the middle of the night and would scare the ward boys and nurses by yelling at them ldquoThough Tushar was a nuisance he did not harm any fellow patient He would get a sudden mood swing and go out of controlrdquo a nurse recalled ldquoWe are grateful to the doctors nurses and ward boys of Rajawadi Hospital for taking utmost care of my son Now I will never ever leave him alonerdquo said Tusharrsquos mother Vasanti Recognised On Wednesday ambulance driver Mahesh a neighbour of the Bhoirs had brought an injured patient to the hospital At this time he spotted Tushar stepping out of the institute But he was overpowered by hospital security who brought him back to the surgical ward In the evening Mahesh narrated to Milind the spotting of his missing brother ldquoTushar was inconsolable on meeting us I informed our 50yearold mother who was virtually starving for the last three monthsrdquo Late yesterday evening Tushar was allowed to leave the hospital with his family members and the local police were informed Doctorspeak Speaking to MiD DAY Professor of Surgery at DY Patil Medical College Ketan Vagholkar said ldquoThe patient was brought as an unknown with history of frontalhead and abdominal injuries Since the head injury was close to the brain he was exhibiting intermediate spells of abnormal behaviour This is a selfremitting condition and usually patients respond well to treatment He was unconscious for nearly a month and when he regained senses would call out to his sister and brother and talked about home The nature of the injury clearly indicates that he might have been hit by a speeding vehiclerdquo Dr Vagholkar added that the wound was likely sustained in a train accidentu00a0