Indian student in coma, family pleads for visa to be with daughter in US

An Indian student lying in a coma in the US, Nilam Shinde, 35, is in a critical state after an accident in California on February 14.

Her family has made a desperate appeal to the Indian government for a visa to be with her.

Her father in Maharashtra's Satara has been trying to get a visa since then.

Shinde suffered fractures and injuries to her chest and head after a four-wheeler hit her.

Her family learned of the accident two days later.

The hospital sought permission to operate on her brain, according to the family.

"We got to know about the accident on February 16 and have been trying for a visa since then. But we haven't got it yet," her father, Tanaji Shinde, said.

NCP (SP) MP Supriya Sule has posted in support of the family and has requested External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar's help to get Ms. Shinde's father a visa, tagging him in her X post.

The hospital has been giving her health updates daily. Shinde has been in the US for four years and is in her final year, a report in NDTV said.