Unable to move or bury wife, heartbroken leper attempts to carry body 90-miles home

The man collapsed from exhaustion after losing his way 37-miles into his trek.

A loving husband did the best he could with the only thing he had to offer.

LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - Ramulu's wife, Kavitha, passed away near a railroad station in Hyderabad, India.

All the money he had totaled less than $13, while the ambulance cost was about $66.

Unable to pay for a ride back to their home town, Ramulu made a makeshift stretcher and began dragging his wife's body.

He traveled 37-miles like this, until he collapsed of exhaustion.

Tears streamed down his face when he realized he was lost.

Heartbroken and exhausted, Ramulu could only weep.

Locals initially believed he was begging for money and they offered him change until they realized what was really happening.

The people of Vikarabad, in Telangana State, collected money to pay an ambulance to carry Ramulu and his wife back to their village in Medak district, roughly fifty-miles from their town.

According to Daily Mail, a police spokesman explained: "As he did not have any money with him to hire any vehicle, Ramulu put Kavitha's body on a pushcart and walked all along till Viarabad."

Ramulu suffers from leprosy and, though it is curable, those who suffer it are widely discriminated by in India.

Despite this discrimination, Ramulu's heartbreaking situation prompted citizens to join together to help him out.

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