There is some hope at the end of the tunnel for 34-year-old Hitesh Govari, Palghar’s shark attack victim. The doctors who treated him at Silvassa’s Shri Vinoba Bhave Civil Hospital have said that he will be provided with a prosthetic leg next month, provided his stump heals during this period.

There is also phantom pain to deal with, that Govari is experiencing in the absence of the limb that the doctors had to amputate. He has been prescribed neuropathic pain management medicines for this along with antibiotics. Furthermore, there are weekly hospital visits from his village, Manor, to Silvassa, all of which contribute to the total expenditure of a little more than Rs 6,000.