World: A vacation that supposed to be a dream vacation for an Indian-origin family in Kazakhstan. However, things went sour when the husband seriously injured himself. The entire medical fiasco, with its sky-high costs and non-helpful authorities, made it a nightmare. This raises the need for travel insurance and preparedness.Unforeseen Accident This was a nightmare for the Indian-origin family in Kazakhstan when its husband, whose first name happens to be J, slipped in the snow and fractured one of his legs, the femur. And just as the case of the husband was becoming even worse with respect to his medical condition, the couple rushed the poor man to the local government hospital to operate on him. This was what prompted the wife to take it upon herself to reach out to local Malayali contacts to start an initiative on quality medical care in Kazakhstan. When the Malayali Association told them that the treatment was available elsewhere, the wife contacted the Indian Embassy. This was far from helpful to the distraught family. The officials in the embassy only gave a contact number for Air Astana and did not go any further.Evacuation Process ProblemsThis family had numerous problems that came in the way of the family reaching back to Kuwait or India. Actually, the condition of the husband demanded that he be transported lying down, but no airline had any facility of a stretcher. An air ambulance costs 6-7 million, which placed the family in absolutely desperate situations.Kazakhstan dream vacation became a nightmare X/@jillsdanielHelp from Unlikely SourcesMuch fighting ensued, and an in-house engineer of Indigo Airlines came out and made it possible to take the family on special permission, with eight seats removed to accommodate a stretcher. Though that was a source of some comfort, the battles were far from over: the papers and medical evacuation forms with language barriers.Traveler TakeawayThis family experience reminds one of preparation when venturing abroad. On X, JD reveals his experience about persuading other travelers to seek an insurance cover, to ascertain that one has a contact for emergency calls, and to use the most effective translation tools to avoid such anxiety-filled experiences.
