PETALING JAYA: Thinesh Kumar Chigasamy was a budding entrepreneur until misfortune struck in the form of Covid-19.
The four friends had big plans for 2020. But the restaurant in Jalan Puchong became short-lived when the movement control orders hit from March last year. Then more bad luck struck. The 40-year old Thinesh, a diabetic on insulin treatment, became severely ill in the middle of last year after suffering abdominal problems for a few years and getting treatment at Selayang Hospital’s outpatient clinic.But the operation did not take place. The hospital told Thinesh that it was “too occupied” with Covid-19 cases and urged him to get the surgery done at the private wing of the same hospital. It would cost him about RM30,000.