"Operator Was Like God's Messenger": Man Who Was Stuck In Lift For 42 Hours

The Human Rights Commission's intervention came hours after Kerala Health Minister Veena George on Tuesday visited the victim at the hospital where he is undergoing treatment.

The 59-year-old man who was stuck for 42 hours in the lift of a major government hospital here over the weekend said that while being trapped there he had written a note akin to a farewell message to his family, and kept it in his bag.

Ravindran Nair, 59, who was headed for the outpatient department of the hospital when the lift stopped working midway on Saturday, said his arms and legs began losing mobility after he was in a confined space without water for a long time.

"I made every effort to escape from the lift," he said.