Hyderabad: Student admitted to Chicago hospital due to depression, mother appeals to Ministry of External Affairs for help

Hyderabad: Sheikh Shoaib Uman, a 23-year-old student from Manikonda in the city, who is pursuing his master’s degree at Lewis University in Chicago, has been admitted to Hartgrove Mental Hospital due to severe depression, which required him to undergo immediate treatment. Pleading for help. On behalf of his distressed mother. ., Tabassum Begum.

With the date of 9 January, Foreign Minister Dr. S. In a letter addressed to Jaishankar, Tabassum Begum shared her concern over the decline in her son’s mental health. Notably, Shoaib was in regular touch with the family until a month ago, when his behavior became erratic, demands for money and disturbing references to suicide started emerging.

Despite efforts to trace him through friends, the young man could not be traced and, according to reports, he was found living without food in his car near his university. According to the letter, his phone remained inaccessible. Later, the family learns that Shoaib has been transferred to Hartgrove Mental Hospital in Chicago.

Expressing deep concern, the mother intervened and requested Dr. Jaishankar, the Consulate General of India in Chicago, to personally meet Shoaib in the hospital. Asked the Consulate to arrange for Shoaib’s safe return to Hyderabad from the United States.