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Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (VA)

Mangalore, Mar 25: Due to the financial help and moral support offered by, former CM H D Kumaraswamy Vijayalaxmi Shetty, a resident of Kalmadka Village, Sullia is on her way to recovery and was discharged from A J Hospital in the city on Thursday March 24.

Vijayalaxmi (32) who had lost control over her upper and lower limbs after a fall she sustained five months ago is able to move around after the surgery. She was the sole bread winner of the family after she lost her husband, Manjunath, four years ago. Her children Vijetha (9) and Hitan (8) suffer from epilepsy.

HDK not only took care of her medical treatment, a spinal surgery, but also was generous enough to deposit Rs 3 lakh at Corporation Bank, Kadri branch, for 120 months in her children's name (Rs 1.5 lakh each). The deposit at 8.20 per cent interest will give Vijayalaxmi Rs 2,036 per month.

Dr Ranjit Shetty of AJ Hospital informed that she had sustained spinal injury in the cervical region and now has gained 70% control over her bodily functions. "Now she can walk using a walker and does her basic routine functions with ease. She does not require being in hospital. Though she cannot be completely like her earlier self, she should be 90% normal in another three to six months”, he added. Vijayalaxmi expressed her gratitude towards HDK and said she feels very normal now.