Yousaf Akbar, 40, came to Hong Kong from Pakistan in the late 1980s, but since last year, he has been spending time between the bed and a wheelchair at home.
He relies on strips of cloth to shackle his legs to the bed, as he was diagnosed with infective spondylodiscitis, or infection in the spine and adjacent bone structure, as well as spinal cord compression. This has caused his legs to contract and bend. They are tied to the bed to lessen the impact of the condition.
Akbar depends heavily on...
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