India, March 30 -- Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney had apologised for laying off an employee with brain cancer, leading him to lose his health insurance. Mike Prinke had worked as a programmer for Epic, the company behind the hugely popular game Fortnite, for just under seven years. Last week, he was named among 1,000 employees who would lose their jobs in a round of layoffs.

In a heartwrenching post shared on Facebook, Prinke's wife Jenni Griffin said that the layoff did not mean just loss of income for their family - it meant that Prinke was left without insurance at an already critical time.

Griffin's heartbreaking appeal on Facebook had gone viral last week. Yesterday, Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney responded saying the company is in touch w...