20 years old Moga youth Sukhjit Singh from Lopon village has returned from Telangana after being caught up in an electrocution accident that left him bed ridden for over a month. Sukhjit and his two friends Avtar and Lovepreet Singh, who had gone to Hyderabad seeking employment, returned on June 9 night boarding a flight to Amritsar via Delhi.A jubilant Sukhjit said the help from Punjab government and officials at Telangana helped him heal back to wellness without a surgery during the most difficult times of lockdown imposed in country due to corona virus spread. He added that without the help from Punjab government he could not even have thought of surviving.Deputy Commissioner Moga Mr Sandeep Hans said that the Telangana officials principal secretary Telangana Mr Harpreet Singh and secretary Andhra Pradesh Mr Arjun Rao and Telangana Sikh Society (TSS) President Mrs. Tejdeep Kaur Menon IPS in Hyderabad helped the youngster. Deputy Commissioner thanked all these officials for enabling safe return of the three youngsters.Also Sukhjit's father Sukhwant Singh and uncle Gurmeet Singh thanked the district administration Moga, DC Mr Sandeep Hans and SDM Nihal Singh Wala Mr Ram Singh for their intense support.Deputy Commissioner said that Sukhjit Singh, Avtar Singh and Lovepreet Singh have moved from Nanded (Maharashtra) to Armoor (Telangana) in search of employment. The three of them reached Nanded on February 19, 2020 from Moga and crossed the border into Telangana to take up employment on a mechanical harvester.On March 26, barely 48 hours after the nationwide lock down was imposed, when Sukhjit Singh who was operating a mechanical harvester at Armoor in Nizambad district of Telangana, suffered electric shock when the long arm of the harvester hit high tension electric wire. In an instant, Sukhjit Singh suffered a powerful electric shock and was thrown off.
In falling with a thud, Sukhjit Singh suffered serious debilitating injuries immobilizing all four limbs besides scarring him from top to toe turning his skin dark.X – ray and other diagnostic screening revealed that he had suffered multiple fractures including that of the spine crippling him, which may have left him disabled for life. After he was treated at the government general hospital, Nizamabad, for nearly a week under lock down conditions, his worsening condition prompted some locals to get in touch with the Telangana Sikh Society (TSS) President Mrs. Tejdeep Kaur Menon IPS in Hyderabad for urgent medical attention.Mrs. Tejdeep Kaur Menon had all three brought by ambulance from Nizamabad to Hyderabad on April 1. Sukhjit was examined by orthopaedic specialists at the Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad and admitted for tests spread over five days. At the end of it, doctors advised Sukhjit compulsory bed rest for a month. Consequently, Mrs. Tejdeep Kaur Menon shifted him to the KS Hospital, Bowenpally, Secunderabad, to recuperate before going back to the Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences after intensive physiotherapy and exercises to restore the spinal column to the possible extent so that he try and walk once again. The TSS has met all expenses for his medical treatment until their departure, at both hospitals, and shifting him to K.S. Hospital besides providing them food.On May 7, the spine specialists found that Sukhjit was making commendable progress and responding very well to treatment and exercises. They have then advised him to continue for another two months with bed rest, medication and physiotherapy so that he can regain his standing posture to a reasonable degree and possibly walk without help thereafter.TSS chief extended financial and other assistance for their stay at the KS Hospital. She also discussed Sukhjit Singh’s health constantly with his relatives on telephone and assured them of taking care and that he cannot be shifted out of Hyderabad during the lockdown.Doctors have made it clear that intensive physiotherapy and bed rest for at least a year are vital for the recovery of Sukhjit ‘s spine, the strengthening of his muscles and limbs and clearing the scars of electrocution. When the Moga Deputy Commissioner Mr. Sandeep Hans was told about the poignant experience and briefed about Sukhjit ‘s health status and how his associates have stood by him, through the phases of the lockdown, he agreed to buy their air passage back home.On June 9, board a flight to Amritsar via Delhi to return to their villages and join their families.