Sulayman Keita, a 22-year-old man, has been diagnosed with Bastian Syndrome Unstable Spinal Fracture which cannot be adequately treated in The Gambia.

According to a medical report from Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital, Mr Keita, who was admitted on 4 January this year at the hospital (still admitted), is presently experiencing severe back pain and inability to walk.

Mr Keita, who was a mechanical apprentice, was working underneath a car when the jerk gave way and the car fell on him. He is reported to be experiencing severe pain and difficulty in sitting, walking and moving his lower limbs.

Hospital physical examination states that Mr Keita is found to have “no sensation in legs, spastic paraplegia, babinsky sign bilaterally, anaesthesia from T11-12”, due to the car accident.

An overseas treatment for Mr Keita’s ailment has therefore been recommendation, as the best option of treatment is surgical procedure, which cannot be done in The Gambia.

The patient’s family members are unable to undertake the cost of the overseas surgical operation and are therefore soliciting assistance from the general public.

“We are calling on the general public, the private sector, President Yahya Jammeh, philanthropists and the NGOs, to come to our aid so as to save his life [Mr Sulayman Keita],” said a family member.

For further information, please call the following numbers: 9918412 /9949978 / 9803669 or 4497441- Absa.