Ailing man faces eviction, seeks help
A FORMER electrician who is suffering from bacterial liver abscess, a heart ailment, diabetes, and other complications is being evicted from a room he rents in Chalan Kanoa. Mohammad Islam, 49, is among the long-term guest workers who lost their jobs when the garment industry left the island over a decade ago. He said he wants to return to his home country, Bangladesh, but he doesnât have money to buy a plane ticket, and the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has also made it more difficult to travel. Islam said he constantly feels severe pain that sometimes he gets the sense that he could die an...