Get Bobby the HELP he needs!

Bobby (Tarun) & Sonia are neighbours of mine, a charming couple with hearts of gold. Always playing with our kids, taking out the bins when I forget (most of the time) and generally loving people.

In July 2016 Bobby got sick, Sonia was at my front door pleading for help as Bobby had collapsed at home. We called an ambulance and he was rushed to the Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH). He was diagnosed with a large intracranial hemorrhage having bleeding into the brains ventricular system, essentially the fluid builds up in the skull and make the brain swell.

Bobby was transferred to ICU where Sonia was advised he would likely not make it through the night. There doctors were able to relieve the pressure in the skull and Bobby would go on to spend a further 2 months there. During this period Bobby was also treated for a life-threatening condition that arises when the body’s response to infection causes injury to its own tissues and organs, bladder injury, acute renal failure and many more.

The medical staff do an amazing job and are able to stabilise his condition to a point he could exit ICU and return to the care of RMH for a further 3 weeks of rehab before being discharged.

In September 2016 Bobby & Sonia's visa's lapsed and thus their Medicare entitlements.

As a result, Bobby did not carry out any medical follow-up until January 2017. It was noted Bobby's health had very much deteriorated. A further review found a condition in which pus gathers in the are between the lungs and the inner surface of the chest (empyema on lung) and needed a new ICU admission which required chest drainage and more treatment.

The amount of medical conditions he has could fill 5 pages at this point.

Sonia does not have a working visa, and both their visas have lapsed so in the background Sonia has been working tirelessly to get their visa's active to enable Medicare to cover the desperate treatment and medicine Bobby needs. Unfortunately things are going the other way and they're being told they will have to leave. Letter after letter from doctors and other Medical professionals advising he is unfit to travel and if forced to do so it will likely cause his death. If not on the travel, then with the level and cost of the medical treatment in India, as it relies heavily on private hospital treatment.

The ask is simple, please review Bobby's case and take into consideration all of the supporting documentation. Take the time to meet with the pair and you will see just how much they're going through.

Thanks in advance everyone.