After terror shock, its trauma | Face of Hyd terror: IBNLive.com > Videos - Video Report
VICTIM OF TERROR: Rahim suffered a severe head injury that caused clotting in his brain.
After terror shock, it's trauma | Face of Hyd terror
Prachi Jatania / CNN-INDIA
Published on Wednesday, August 29, 2007 at 22:16
Hyderabad: Forty-two-year old Muhammed Rahim was at Gokul Chaat Bhandar in Hyderabad with his two daughters when the blasts ripped through the eatery, leaving over 30 people dead and several injured.
Rahim suffered a severe head injury that caused clotting in his brain. Doctors say he now often wakes up in the middle of the night writhing in pain.
The sole breadwinner in his family of four, Rahim did odd jobs like painting for a living. But due to the blast, he has lost an eye and incurred permanent hearing loss in his right ear.
“He was the only hope of the family. He has two daughters,” says Rahim’s brother-in-law Rahamattullah.
All the 12 patients admitted at city’s Yashoda hospital, doctors say, will have to live with some form of physical disability. For them, it is an emotional challenge to rebuild their lives.
After a steady stream of VVIP visitors is over, victims like Rahim and many others will soon have to grapple with the harsh reality of not just the physical disability but an emotional trauma that has scared them for life.
Experts believe that globally, victims of such incidents often have to deal with post traumatic stress disorder and need constant counseling.
“You can see the trauma that these patients are under going. They are now beginning to question - why me,” says a doctor, Shivamani Rao.
Hyderabad Bombing Victim Speaks
