Saudi with a golden heart life spends savings on cancer-hit worker

[United]

A Saudi spent all his savings and even borrowed money to have his illegal Bangladeshi guard treated for a brain tumor.

The worker, Mahboob, has been working for Abdullah Saad Al-Rouqi for seven years. He came for Umrah and overstayed at Huda Al-Sham village in Makkah region where Al-Rouqi gave him a job as a guard.

The disease was discovered during the period Al-Rouqi was completing procedures for the worker’s legalization following the King’s amnesty and before the extension to Nov. 3.
The worker fainted. He was transported to the hospital after Al-Rouqi arrived in Makkah following a visit to the Bangladeshi Embassy. There, he had the worker’s documents and passport issuance request approved.
The worker, who has been in the hospital for the last three months, required two operations to open blocked cerebrospinal-fluid pathways and remove most of the tumor.
“The two operations were performed and he needs to continue chemotherapy,” said Al-Rouqi, who is currently the worker’s legal but temporarily employer after the worker applied for a new passport at his embassy.
Al-Rouqi paid SR80,000, of which SR30,000 was his marriage loan and SR20,000 his savings. He borrowed the rest of the amount.
“I can’t afford the costs of hospitalization anymore,” he said. “I haven’t still completed the procedures for correcting his residency status. I have approached several government department to help to solve the situation and I’m also hoping to find someone to donate the cost of the man’s treatment in a specialist hospital as I have spent all the money I had.”

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[al-Hasani]

A Saudi spent all his savings and even borrowed money to have his illegal Bangladeshi guard treated for a brain tumor.

The worker, Mahboob, has been working for Abdullah Saad Al-Rouqi for seven years. He came for Umrah and overstayed at Huda Al-Sham village in Makkah region where Al-Rouqi gave him a job as a guard.

The disease was discovered during the period Al-Rouqi was completing procedures for the worker’s legalization following the King’s amnesty and before the extension to Nov. 3.
The worker fainted. He was transported to the hospital after Al-Rouqi arrived in Makkah following a visit to the Bangladeshi Embassy. There, he had the worker’s documents and passport issuance request approved.
The worker, who has been in the hospital for the last three months, required two operations to open blocked cerebrospinal-fluid pathways and remove most of the tumor.
“The two operations were performed and he needs to continue chemotherapy,” said Al-Rouqi, who is currently the worker’s legal but temporarily employer after the worker applied for a new passport at his embassy.
Al-Rouqi paid SR80,000, of which SR30,000 was his marriage loan and SR20,000 his savings. He borrowed the rest of the amount.
“I can’t afford the costs of hospitalization anymore,” he said. “I haven’t still completed the procedures for correcting his residency status. I have approached several government department to help to solve the situation and I’m also hoping to find someone to donate the cost of the man’s treatment in a specialist hospital as I have spent all the money I had.”

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Great, great gesture.

Proud of this fellow Hijazi. May Allah (SWT) bless him and cure the Bengali man. Cancer is a horrible disease.

 

[Argus Panoptes]

Proud of this fellow Hijazi. May Allah (SWT) bless him and treat the Bengali man.

He hired an illegal worker? Why?

 

[Doritos11]

must be a very religious person

 

[Kloitra]

He hired an illegal worker? Why?

As the news mentioned, the worker was in process of legalization during the amnesty period. This one was just among the many, most of them working.

 

[Argus Panoptes]

As the news mentioned, the worker was in process of legalization during the amnesty period. This one was just among the many, most of them working.

So he was sleeping for the last SEVEN years and waited for only this amnesty? Or because his chances of being caught were higher now?

Had he been legal, his medical costs would not be such a huge issue.

 

[United]

An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.

We Salute You

 

[Kloitra]

So he was sleeping for the last SEVEN years and waited for only this amnesty? Or because his chances of being caught were higher now?

Had he been legal, his medical costs would not be such a huge issue.

I know about it as much as you do, probably less. If memory serves me right, there was recently some fanfare of King's amnesty, where thousands of workers went through procedure of legalization. May be his permit expired and he applied afterwards during that period.

 

[Kompromat]

Salute to the great man, people like him still make us believe in humanity.

 

[Argus Panoptes]

Salute to the great man, people like him still make us believe in humanity.

How can he be a great man if he had hired an illegal worker and paid him less than legal workers for the last seven years? If he had a legal worker to begin with, his health care would not be such an issue in the first place!

 

[al-Hasani]

How can he be a great man if he had hired an illegal worker and paid him less than legal workers for the last seven years? If he had a legal worker to begin with, his health care would not be such an issue in the first place!

First of all how do you know that he pays him less? HE offered him a JOB to which the Bengali man said yes. It is not the fault of his employee that he overstayed his visa. If you overstay your visa you are usually deported. Unless you try to renew it. The finds for expatriates who fail to renew their visa/overstay are also quite high so it would be in his interest usually.

Also we don't know about the details, story etc. It seems that both were satisfied and liked each other, otherwise this Saudi man would not spend all of his money, savings and take loans.

Also how can you start to make something negative out of this news? Even when a Saudi or arab makes such a good deed as this individual (whom nobody says is perfect) then you people will continue your smear campaigns.

 

[Argus Panoptes]

First of all how do you know that he pays him less? HE offered him a JOB to which the Bengali man said yes. It is not the fault of his employee that he overstayed his visa.

Also how can you start to make something negative out of this news? Even when a Saudi or arab makes such a good deed as this individual (whom nobody says is perfect) then you people will continue your smear campaigns.

Illegal workers are paid less than legal workers. That is a fact.

And if that worker had been legal, his health care would not be such a big issue. That is also a fact.

The negative part is that this Saudi hired and illegal worker and broke the law of his own country. That is also a fact.

Only FACTS.

 

[VelocuR]

Speechless, very proud of Saudis first ever done against South Asians.

 

[al-Hasani]

Illegal workers are paid less than legal workers. That is a fact.

And if that worker had been legal, his health care would not be such a big issue. That is also a fact.

The negative part is that this Saudi hired and illegal worker and broke the law of his own country. That is also a fact.

Only FACTS.

No, you don't know the full details so your so-called "facts" are irrelevant here.

It is the responsibility of the expatriate in this case the Bengali man to extend his visa. If not he can face deportation or fines that would probably be very expensive for the regular Bengali worker. Clearly, for whatever reasons, he choose not to and was offered a job while seeking one. Also you do not know about his pay check.

If breaking the law helps both parties and does not create problems for either and both are mutually satisfied with the situation then I don't see your problem.

Besides you don't know the details of this case nor do anyone here.

The point is that this is a very good deed and instead of focusing on that you are talking about breaking the law.

 

[Kompromat]

@Argus Panoptes

Illegal workers in KSA are usually who have overstayed their Aqama. No big deal here.