"Abu Muhammad" (Sudanese - 62 years old) suffers from chronic myelogenous leukemia since 2001, and he needs treatment drugs worth 17,874 dirhams per month, and its cost for three months is 53 thousand and 622 dirhams. According to the patient, this treatment is the last hope for eliminating cancer in a way Final and save him from slow death, but he can not save the amount, and appeals to the people of goodness to help him provide treatment before it is too late.
According to the medical report issued by Sheikh Khalifa Hospital in Abu Dhabi, "The patient is 62 years old and has suffered from chronic myelogenous leukemia since 2001, and he needs special drugs to control cancer. The cost of treatment is 53 thousand and 622 dirhams for a period of three months."
In detail, (Abu Muhammad) told «Emirates Today» the story of his suffering with the disease, saying: “I had a severe fever and an inability to move, and I was taken to one of the private clinics in Al Ain, and tests and analyzes were conducted, and the treating doctor asked to go to the nearest government hospital, For more accurate tests and analyzes, the doctor suspected that I had a malignant disease.
(Abu Muhammad) added that, "When the doctor asked me to go to a government hospital, I felt very scared and sad, but the doctor tried to calm me down and told me that the initial diagnosis might be wrong, and in order to make sure more I have to go to a government hospital."
"I went immediately to Tawam Hospital in Al-Ain, and the doctor asked for new tests and tests, and the result of the tests revealed my leukemia, and the doctor asked that a biopsy be taken from the bone marrow to check on my health."
(Abu Muhammad) said, “After three weeks, the result of the sample appeared and confirmed that I have chronic myelogenous leukemia, and special treatment drugs must be obtained to control the disease. Three months ago my services were terminated due to my old age and my inability to work. ”
The patient continued that he is currently following his treatment at Sheikh Khalifa Hospital in Abu Dhabi, and the costs of treatment are exorbitant, given his poor financial capabilities, explaining that the treatment is taking a special drug to treat myelogenous leukemia at a monthly cost of 17 thousand and 874 dirhams, and it needs a three-month treatment that cost 53 thousand and 622 Dirhams.
"I am an old man, and I do not have any breadwinner or source of income and my family lives in permanent sadness, and they are unable to help me and save the costs of medicines needed to eliminate cancer," he added, adding that "in the last days I feel that the world has closed its doors in My face, and I did not find in front of me but to pray to God with supplication ».
(Abu Muhammad) said that he could not save the cost of medicine, and the disease ravaged his body without mercy, and he found no relief from his pain, and the attending physician told him that if he did not adhere to taking the medicine, the disease would double, leading to death.
He appeals to the people of good and merciful hearts to help him in the provision of 53 thousand and 622 dirhams, the cost of medicines for a period of three months before it is too late.
Cancer is uncommon
Chronic myelogenous leukemia is an uncommon type of leukemia, and the word chronic indicates that this type of leukemia grows more slowly than other types, and the word myeloid refers to the type of cells that this type of cancer has.
Chronic myelogenous leukemia is also known as chronic myeloid leukemia and chronic myelogenous leukemia. Chronic myelogenous leukemia usually affects adults and rarely affects children, although it can occur in any age group.