WHAT was to be the start of a happy married life for a newly-wed couple in Kulim, Kedah, has turned into heartbreak after the wife became bedridden and lost her memory just three months after tying the knot, reported Harian Metro.
Azhar Kamarul Aidi, 33, now spends his days caring for his beloved wife, Syarifah Sopian, 39, after she sustained serious injuries in a motorcycle accident in October.
The accident occurred after Syarifah picked Azhar up from work. Their motorcycle plunged into a ravine during the trip back home to Kampung Pagar Museh.
Azhar said he regained consciousness quickly after the accident, but his wife suffered severe head injuries and ended up in a coma for a month.
“On the way home, I was the one riding but we skidded into a ravine because the road was dark, which ended up throwing my wife off the motorcycle. I feel guilty because I was the one riding the motorcycle, and I was heartbroken when the doctor said my wife would be bedridden for life.
“It hurts even more that she has lost her memory and doesn’t remember me as her husband,” he said.
Azhar is currently not working as he wants to focus on taking care of his wife, but thankfully, he is assisted by other family members who live with them.
“When she wakes up, her eyes only stare upward, and she doesn’t respond even when her name is called. It breaks my heart to see her like that because I wish she could look at me,” said Azhar.
> A man in Pasir Puteh, Kelantan, is struggling to make ends meet as he takes care of his disabled child and sick wife while living in a dilapidated home, reported Kosmo!.
Mat Rawi Omar, 52, is now left as the breadwinner of the family as his wife Ramizah Ghazi, 37, grows increasingly weak and is now bedridden after being diagnosed with stage five kidney disease earlier this year.
He has also now become the sole caretaker of their three-year-old son, Muhammad Rayan Mat Rawi, who suffers from stunted growth in both calf bones and spinal issues since birth.
“Before my wife fell ill, I worked as a village labourer earning RM50 a day, but now I can’t work because I have to take care of my wife and child, as well as travel back and forth to the hospital.
“We now rely entirely on the RM500 monthly assistance from the Social Welfare Department,” he said when met at his home in Kampung Banggol Telipot.
To make things worse, Mat Rawi said parts of their home are unsafe to live in.
“For now, we are living in the kitchen because parts of our house are already worn out and could collapse at any time,” he said.
The above article is compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with this ' >'sign, it denotes a separate news item.
