Middle East crisis: Hyderabad doctor escapes Kuwait chaos after 8-day ordeal, travels 1,460km across desert to return home

Hyderabad eye specialist Dr. Umesh Bhammarkar’s planned short trip to Kuwait turned harrowing after attacks began shortly after his arrival. Stranded when the airport was shut, he embarked on a 1,460-km bus journey to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, eventually flying home after a distressing ordeal.