Struck down at 28: Pump attendant dies of stroke

Friends and colleagues of a young Enoc petrol station staff who died of a brain stroke following a fall in the toilet and hospitalisation are mourning his sudden death.

Faiyaz Ahmed, 28, from Belgaum, Karnataka, India, died on March 11, about 10 days after he was admitted in the Intensive Care Unit of the Al Rashid Hospital. Doctors at the Al Rashid Hospital were of the opinion that such a stroke was rare for a 28-year-old youth.

“It is with deepest sympathy and with much grief that I am sharing the passing of one of our employees, Fiayaz Ahmed, 28 years of age, who joined our team in January 2010. He had served Enoc/Eppco for the past four years and earned the respect of all his colleagues and staff by being a good staff and team mate. He passed away after he was admitted at the Al Rashid Hospital, had an acute brain stroke recently,” a condolence message from the Retail Operations Team of Enoc said.

“He was our colleague for about six months and was a very cheerful person. He felt dizzy and complained of nausea after he returned from duty. At around 11.30pm he fell in the toilet of our accommodation in Al Qouz. An ambulance rushed him to the Al Rashid Hospital, where he underwent a major surgery. He was in the Intensive Care Unit for about 10 days,” said a colleague of the deceased who used to work at the Enoc petrol station near the Al Latifa Hospital, Dubai.

He died on March 11, 2014, and the body was repatriated to India. He was in coma for a week before breathing his last.

“He did not seem to have any major health problems as he was certified fit to work during a normal health check-up a month ago. We were planning to organise a party after receiving our February salary,” added another colleague. Some of his colleagues accompanied the dead body to India. “We went for a desert Safari last month and he was very happy,” said colleagues.

“We all miss him very badly. We shared the same room for three years. He did not have any bad habits. He came with a group of 15 convenience store assistants from Karnataka and he was the last one to leave the company. All his friends are sad that he finally he went back to India in a coffin,” said an Indian employee from Karnataka, who used to share a room with Faiyaz.

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