<p>A 20-year-old tribal person from Heggadedevana Kote (HD Kote) in Karnataka's Mysuru district died of malaria in the Ivory Coast on Monday.</p>.<p>Family members in HD Kote are claiming that the hospital in the West African country is demanding Rs 10 lakh to ‘release’ the body.</p>.<p>The deceased has been identified as Efrayim, a resident of the Tiger-Black Hamlet and belongs to the ‘Hakki pikki’ tribe. Speaking to <em>DH</em>, his mother Manjula said her son had gone to the Ivory Coast a year ago to work as a body massager and sell 'medicinal oils'. </p>.<p>“Yesterday evening he made a video call and said that he was suffering from a fever and was going to the hospital. However, today morning his uncle, who was with him [in the Ivory Coast], called me and said he died minutes after administrating a high dose of injection,” his mother said.</p>.<p>She said the hospital authorities are demanding Rs 10 lakh to discharge him. “We don’t have sufficient money to even eke out two square meals a day. How can we arrange so much money,” she said.</p>
<p>A 20-year-old tribal person from Heggadedevana Kote (HD Kote) in Karnataka's Mysuru district died of malaria in the Ivory Coast on Monday.</p>.<p>Family members in HD Kote are claiming that the hospital in the West African country is demanding Rs 10 lakh to ‘release’ the body.</p>.<p>The deceased has been identified as Efrayim, a resident of the Tiger-Black Hamlet and belongs to the ‘Hakki pikki’ tribe. Speaking to <em>DH</em>, his mother Manjula said her son had gone to the Ivory Coast a year ago to work as a body massager and sell 'medicinal oils'. </p>.<p>“Yesterday evening he made a video call and said that he was suffering from a fever and was going to the hospital. However, today morning his uncle, who was with him [in the Ivory Coast], called me and said he died minutes after administrating a high dose of injection,” his mother said.</p>.<p>She said the hospital authorities are demanding Rs 10 lakh to discharge him. “We don’t have sufficient money to even eke out two square meals a day. How can we arrange so much money,” she said.</p>