‘Money Is Useless, Social service is useful’; A Rich Man Shares Emotional Video After Life-Changing Brain Haemorrhage
‘Money Is Useless, Social service is useful’; A Rich Man Shares Emotional Video After Life-Changing Brain Haemorrhage
After surviving six surgeries and being abandoned by his wife, the 40-year-old says social support not money, saved him.
A deeply emotional video shared online by a chartered accountant has sparked widespread conversation on illness, abandonment and the fragility of success. The man, identified as Verma, says he once earned ₹30 lakh a year, owned five properties and believed he had a secure future, until a sudden brain haemorrhage in July 2021 collapsed everything overnight.
He recalls that the emergency unfolded so fast that he had no awareness of what was happening. Doctors later discovered 18 blood clots in his brain. Over the next several months, he underwent six high-risk surgeries, each carrying the fear of permanent damage. The after-effects were devastating: memory loss, paralysis on one side of his body, difficulty communicating and complete dependence on others for basic tasks.
But the part of his story now drawing the strongest reactions is what he says happened with his family. In the video, Verma claims he believed he was being taken to a Gurgaon hospital for treatment. Instead, he was left at a charitable home without his knowledge. “My wife left me here… I didn’t know about it,” he says. According to him, his family told the institution that they could not care for him because their children were young. Over the last three years, he says he has seen them only a handful of times.
Since then, Verma has been living entirely at the charitable home, rebuilding himself from scratch. He arrived unable to speak or recognise people. For months, he did not understand where he was. With long-term physiotherapy and rehabilitation, he slowly regained the ability to sit, speak, understand conversations and walk short distances with support. He says the therapists and staff at the centre became his “real family,” giving him stability and dignity through the most difficult phase of his life.
His experience, he says, has completely transformed his understanding of success, relationships and survival. “I was earning ₹30 lakh… owned 5 houses… people thought my life was settled. But when I needed someone, money could not save me,” he shares. The biggest lesson, he says, is that wealth offers no security in moments of crisis. “Money is useless. Social service is useful.”
Verma also uses the video to send a message to families: think carefully before abandoning a sick relative. He acknowledges that specialised centres are necessary for long-term rehabilitation, but insists that emotional connection from family members is irreplaceable for a patient’s strength and confidence.
Even today, he lives with partial paralysis, but says he is “mentally completely fit” and finally able to understand everything that happened in the last three years. He believes that sometimes life “breaks you to remake you,” and that his journey painful as it has been, has taught him what truly matters.
