A donor has paid 456,000 dirhams the cost of treating the Yemeni patient, Ali, at Cleveland Hospital in Abu Dhabi, to install stents in the liver every two months, for a period of eight months.

And coordinated the "hot line" between the donor and the Islamic Affairs and Charitable Activities Department in Dubai to transfer the amount of treatment to the patient's account in the hospital, and the "Emirates Today" last week published the story of his suffering in his inability to pay the amount of treatment, given the conditions that he is going through.

The patient expressed his happiness and deep gratitude to the donor, and stood with his suffering in light of the circumstances he is going through. "The news of the donation made me very happy, and I did not imagine that I would be helped with the full amount of the donation," he said, adding that this matter is not strange for the people of the state in joining together and assisting in humanitarian cases, they are always racing to extend a helping hand.

The Yemeni patient, "Ali - 50 years old", was suffering from cirrhosis and the beginning of a cancerous liver tumor, and he underwent a liver transplant in India, and he needed to install stents in the liver every two months for a period of eight months after implantation at Cleveland Hospital Abu Dhabi, at a cost of 456 thousand dirhams.

Ali said: “Five years ago, I suffered from a health problem, which was the presence of swelling in both legs, and I went to Rashid Hospital at the time, as it became clear that I had cirrhosis of the liver, and I was hesitant to treatment in Rashid and Dubai Hospitals, but after a year passed a diagnosis and medical examinations were made, It was found that the onset of a tumor in the liver, and doctors stressed that the liver must be removed, and this was the only solution before the disease spread to the body.

He added: “I was transferred from Rashid Hospital to Sheikh Khalifa Medical City in Abu Dhabi, and so I was in sleep for eight months there, and the doctors assured us of the speed of cultivation. He addressed one of the members of my family to several charitable societies and organizations for my treatment outside the country, given the high cost within the state, as it was approved I have to be treated abroad by one of the agencies in Abu Dhabi, and I was transferred to a specialized hospital in India. ”

He continued: «I underwent a liver transplant and was crowned with success, and was donated by two of my daughters, as every girl donated to me half of the liver, and I stayed in the process for 28 hours, then I was transferred to the intensive care unit, and I slept for a whole month, and then I went back The hospital is for three months in the Indian capital, New Delhi. ”

He added: «I returned to the state, and I returned to Cleveland Hospital in Abu Dhabi for a month, and after this period passed, my health condition relapsed, and I entered the intensive care unit four days, then the operating room, to install a stent in the liver, and I stayed a month under medical observation, and after my exit my condition relapsed once Another due to my flu infection, and it was found that the body refused the transplanted liver on the left side, and I entered for operations to install another stent, and was covered by a charitable organization for that, but the doctors assured us that I urgently need to install stents for the liver every two months, and for eight months with the cost of the reviews Medical and examinations at 456 thousand dirhams.

medical report

The medical report issued by Cleveland Hospital Abu Dhabi indicates that “the patient is 50 years old, and he underwent two grafting and liver transplants by his daughters in India, in May 2019, in order to treat the hepatitis C virus associated with cirrhosis, liver cell cancer, and hepatic kidney failure. And he started a quadruple regimen to treat cervical lymphadenitis for one month, and he also had diabetes, who would need regular follow-up at the liver transplant clinic, monitor his patching functions, monitor minimum levels of immune suppression and treat hepatitis for life ».

The report added that «the patient currently needs to be installed stents in the liver every two months, and for eight months, at a cost of 456 thousand dirhams».