An Indian expatriate from Dhahran, who was refused permission to board a flight after being diagnosed with tuberculosis, was allowed to fly home, ending a month-long ordeal that began when he collapsed at the airport in Bahrain on May 12.
"The airline has flown Kumar back to India," said Abdul Razak, spokesman for Qatar Airways in Riyadh.
Rajesh Kumar, 24, was diagnosed with tuberculosis, a potentially fatal bacterial infection that primarily attacks the lungs. In recent years, drug resistant strains of tuberculosis have raised concerns that airline passengers could contract the infection from other passengers, Arab News said.
Qatar Airways had been refusing to allow Kumar to board a flight, leading him to go on a hunger strike.
He was allowed to return home on Tuesday.
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