Dammam, March 23

A Nepali migrant working in Saudi Arabia, who had been bed-ridden due to health problem, has been rescued by Non-Resident Nepali Association.

Lakpa Tamang, who hails from Listi, Jalang-2 in Sindupalchowk, had been suffering from kidney related ailments for three months and lacked proper medical treatment from her employers.

Tamang was rescued and sent home from Khobar, Thuqbah yesterday after the NRNA took the initiative for the same, NRNA Secretary-General Tej Bahadur Thapa told RSS.

She went to work in the Initial Suppliers Company in Saudi Arabia through a local manpower at Rato Pul in Kathmandu.

She developed the ailment and her condition deteriorated due to lack of proper medical treatment.

Her employer had been denying her request to send her home as her contract had not ended yet.

The Non-Resident Nepali Association, which had been trying to rescue her for a month, finally could send her home in coordination with the Nepali embassy in Saudi Arabia, added Non-Resident Nepali Association Secretary-General Thapa.