UK: 150,000 sign petition to let Indian woman suffering from rare disease stay for treatment
(WorldNews India)

Thousands of people have signed an online petition calling on the UK Home Office to allow an Indian woman suffering from a rare disease stay in Britain. The petition for Bhavani Espathi, who is seriously ill with Crohn's Disease, is edging close to its 150,000-signature target on Change.Org. It was launched by the 31-year-old artist's fianc , Martin Mangler -- a German national based in the UK as a volcanologist -- in order to help with a Home Office review of the case. The Londoner's case came to light recently after it emerged that her application to stay in...