Vinod

Vinod from Haryana

Kochuveli RPF personnel called to our helpline and informed about a child sitting at the premises of the railway station very hungry, lean and tired. Our team immediately reached the place and brought Vinod to Don Bosco Nivas. After giving him a bath we took him to the hospital as he was weak and not eaten for days. He was unable to take in food. He looked to be deaf and dumb and he was not speaking. At the hospital when the nurses brought the needles he started talking and was very unwilling to cooperate. Giving him tablets, we brought him back and provided shelter.

Slowly he started taking in liquids and soft bread. He was mentally unstable. He said that he had lost his parents and had no one to care for him. From the fact that he was communicating in English we understood that he did not belong to the street. He always refused to eat rice. With lots of persuasion we managed to take his blood and conducted tests to make sure he did not have any serious sickness.

After three weeks Vinod improved his health and one day he revealed the actual details of his whereabouts. He hailed from Haryana and was belonging to a well to do family. “Though Vinod had some mental instability he never left home before”, said his Father. They were searching all over and had given missing complaint at the police stations in different states. The family was relieved to receive Vinod and they flew back to Haryana with Vinod.

Vinod’s story is one among 12 children we rescued in the past three weeks.