Nadarajan A/L Devaraju

NAME: Nadarajan A/L Devaraju

ASSISTANCE NEEDED: CASH AND KIND SUPPORT FOR HIS FAMILY

NATURE OF THE CASE:
Mr. Nadarajan who hails from Sungai Petani, Kedah met with a freak accident in Perai in March 2007 while inspecting a busted tyre on a truck. A sudden explosion of the tyre almost caused him his life and left him permanently paralysed. He had just joined his company temporarily in January 2007.

The explosion threw him off to a distance while the impact of the iron rim of the wheel fractured his skull and broke his right wrist. The doctors had to remove part of the right side of his brain due to extensive damage.

At present, his wife is taking care of him on a full time basis; feeding, cleaning and constantly attending to his needs.


FAMILY BACKGROUND AND THE ISSUE AT HAND
Mr. Nadarajan, 34, is the eldest of three siblings. His two younger sisters are both married. Their parents have passed away. He is married to Mdm Shamala and have 4 children.

The eldest is Jivithra, 7 years old attending Standard One at Convent Pulau Tikus Girls' School, second is a son, Liniyesh, 6 years old and the third is a pair of twins, Previnash (Boy) and Previsha (Girl). Both of them are 3 years old.

Mr. Nadarajan’s family, at present, is totally dependent on his second sister, Pramila, who has a family of her own. She has two school going children. Pramila works as a nurse and her husband is in security line. Pramila and her husband with their already small income have to feed an extra 6 people in the family.

Mr. Nadarajan’s application for SOCSO had just been approved in March 2008. He will be getting a monthly payment of RM800.

Listed below is the present income and expenses incurred by the family as a whole.

INCOME
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Husband with OT 1000.00
Wife (Pramila) 1400.00
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Total 2400.00


EXPENDITURE
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House Rental 600.00
Car (To carry brother) 350.00
Marketing 400.00
Groceries 400.00
Tuition (3 kids) 240.00
School bus 150.00
Adult diapers 150.00
Petrol (Twice weekly @ Rm 30) 240.00
Contingency (school fee, stationery, canteen etc) 100.00
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Total 2630.00


EXPENSES – INCOME = (230.00)


The above calculation is exclusive of the traditional treatment that Nadarajan is seeking in Malacca in hopes that he will get well soon to care for the family again. Thus, reducing the financial burden on his sister. He is visiting the traditional physician in Malacca once in 3 weeks. The cost of the travel is about Rm 600 per trip. It’s going to be much more expensive for the family now in view of the recent petrol price hike.