Man Needs Assistance For Overseas Treatment

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

A 52 year old Seedy Cham of the Gambia, residing at Dippa Kunda town, married with children is suffering from heart enlargement for more than ten to eleven years now.
This disease has just being confirmed to be curable by implantation.

Doctors Jude a Cuban at the Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital of Banjul the Gambia, a heart specialist conducted different testes on Seedy and told him that he cannot be treated here unless he goes to Dakar for implantation.
Earlier he was taking treatment at the Medical Research Council (MRC) for so long without knowing that he was a heart patient. Then he went to a local German clinic call ASP were he was later refer to the RVTH for ECD test and X-ray  were it was discovered that he has heart enlargement.

Seedy followed the processes by writing application and since submitted it. He was later told that the doctor who was helping him has gone at the end of his tour of duties. He was called some weeks back and told that the he should go to Dakar for the implantation. This will cost 30,000 thousand dalasi which is equivalent to 1000 dollars. 
 That is not the only cost impilications.He needs to fly to Senegal with some one as a support. He also needs to pay a consultation fees, accommodation fee for the two of them and medications will amount to a total of $3000.

He is appealing to the general public and the government to help him go for the treatment. Anyone who wants to help him can contact the following numbers
9832802 or 7760740 .

Below is a breakdown of his financial need.

Accommodation for two=D500 x 2x7dayys=D7000
Air ticket for two D8000 x2=D16, 000
Consultation fess D1000 x1 =D1000
Implantation fee D30, 000
  Total==========================D24, 000 +D30, 000=D54, 000

  Equivalent of $3000.

Author: Mariama Ceesay
Source: Interview