Man rescued from home infested with worms

Sixty-five-year-old Sankara Pillai has been living alone for a long time in Chathanur panchayath in Kerala's Kollam district.

Kollam: A man in a critical state was found abandoned in a small house infested with worms in Kerala state, reports said.

Sixty-five-year-old Sankara Pillai has been living alone for a long time in Chathanur panchayath in Kollam district.

His neighbour, an autorickshaw driver used to give him food. On Wednesday he found the man in a critical condition and called the police before being shifted to a hospital.

After treatment, doctors said his condition is no more critical.

Neighbours said Pillai's relatives never took care of him and health workers did not give him proper medical treatment.