It is with great sorrow and hope that Pashchimi make this appeal for help.

Anand has been working at a major Bay Area software company for over 3 years as an IT Operations manager and has been studying Business administration at CSU in the East Bay. Anand and his wife, Deepthi have been happily married for over 8 years and have a beautiful 10-month old daughter.

On the morning of February 23, 2008, their lives were changed forever.

Anand suddenly developed difficulty breathing and suffered a respiratory Arrest and Cardiac Arrest inside the Ambulance en route to the hospital. CPR initiated by the Paramedics failed and he arrived in the ER with significant damage to the brain due to lack of oxygen for an extended period of time. His condition was declared as SEVERE ANOXIC BRAIN INJURY. Anand has been lying in a coma since then.

However, Anand's family has not given up hope. His little daughter and wife are waiting anxiously for him to return to them. They have researched a potential treatment called "HYPERBARIC OXYGEN THERAPY (HBO)" that has proven beneficial in patients with brain injury. Patients subjected to the modality of HBO therapy have improved with favorable results. However, very few designated and accredited centers in the USA are providing HBO therapy and the insurance company will also not bear the cost.

This treatment is a last hope to bring Anand back to life. The only immediately available treatment facility is in Florida where Anand needs to be moved immidiately using Air-Ambulance, for this treatment. The treatment and logistics expenses are estimated to run into A FEW HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS (currently estimated total in range $200k-250k USD) including for recurrant follow-up treatments.

Anand's family and friends have pooled together all personal and family's financial resources to begin this treatment but still come up short for the overall costs of the HBO therapy. We are therefor reaching out to all of you to generously donate in helping his wife get her husband, and his daughter her daddy, back to them.

- Pashchimi, for Deepthi Gubbi (Anand's wife and mother of his only child).

Send your check at "Donate To Save Anand"
C/O Yun Kim.
2861 Sable Oaks Way
Dublin, CA 94568
Please Make your check payable to "Pashchimi" (For Tax reasons!)

Or, make a donation online using Credit Card or Paypal Account.


THANK YOU. YOUR HELP IS MUCH APPRECIATED. ALL YOUR DONATIONS ARE TAX-DEDUCTABLE.
Pashchimi is a fully tax-exemped 501(c)(3) Non-profit charitable organization. Tax ID # 20-1159577.