Indian expat returns home after heart ailment in Saudi Arabia

Saleem Padinjatti, an Indian national from Malappuram, Kerala, who has been admitted in a hospital in Al Qaseem, Saudi Arabia, with severe heart ailment, travelled back to India on Friday, August 30.

The situation was critical, prompting the Indian Embassy to take swift action to



facilitate his return to India.

The embassy, taking to X account on Saturday, August 31, shared a photo of Padinjatti on a stretcher, along with an escort and a boarding pass of his direct flight from King Khalid International Airport (RUH), Riyadh, to Karipur International Airport (CCJ), Kozhikode.