Rugby player Imran Bisthamin undergoing physiotherapy exercises

RUGBY: Kandy SC `number eight' Imran Bisthamin, who met with a life-threatening injury some five months ago, is currently undergoing physiotherapy exercises, having regained his consciousness, Senior Vice President of Kandy SC, Iswan Omar told Sunday Observer.

"He (Bisthamin) is currently undergoing physiotherapy", he said. "Imran Bisthamin was initially treated at the Kandy Teaching Hospital, before being moved to the Peradeniya Teaching Hospital, on the advice of his doctors.

"But, from reports that we have, he is apparently responding well to the treatment, and he is well and truly out of any life-threatening danger".

Asked whether the highly-talented back-row forward would be able to step onto a rugby field in future, after his injury, Iswan Omar expressed his doubts, saying that `it would be tantamount to a miracle' if the loose forward could resurrect his playing career given the severity of the accident. "Let alone playing, thank God that he is alive", the Kandy SC Senior Vice President said.

"It is very unlikely, that he could start his rugby career, which is a very physical contact sport. But, our prayers are with him, for his swift recovery and his resuming his normal life".

Imran Bisthamin, a former St. Anthony's College, Katugastota `number eight', cum captain met with his accident while on a night out with friends at a restaurant named `Re Kade', situated in a high-storeyed building in Dalada Veediya Kandy, last November and having lost his balance while leaning against one of the unguarded railings.

J.K.