Devastated families pay price in misery and debt
The Sunday Mirror|April 24, 2022
SOME 100 miles from Kathmandu, Upendra Pasman's family reveal the terrible toll of his time in the Gulf.
DAN WARBURTON
Devastated families pay price in misery and debt

Upendra, 45, toiled 12 hours a day for just 800 Rials - about £164 - a month building roads in Qatar.

Three years ago, as he dug a ditch, he plunged 20ft into the dark and spent 12 hours trapped alone.

His brain injuries were so bad medics at a Doha hospital spent two years fighting to keep him alive. Twice Upendra underwent brain surgery but was left unable to walk, talk or feed himself.

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