She suffers from chronic diseases and has white water in her eyes

“Umm Maryam” needs 43,000 dirhams for her treatment for a year

Umm Maryam - 72 years old - Jordanian) is unable to provide for 43 thousand and 148 dirhams, the cost of surgery and treatment drugs for a year, as she suffers from type 1 diabetes, high blood pressure, cholesterol, erosion of the jaw bone, white water in her eyes, and needs To medicines and periodic medical examinations at Sheikh Shakhbout City Hospital in Abu Dhabi for a year.

The cost of her treatment in the hospital is 8148 dirhams, in addition to the cost of an operation to remove cataracts, which amounts to 35 thousand dirhams.

Maryam, the patient’s daughter, tells Emirates Today the story of her mother’s suffering with illness, saying: “For 15 years, my mother was suffering from a feeling of extreme fatigue and thirst, and an increase in the number of times she went to urinate, and her inability to move, so we went to one of the private clinics, where she showed Tests and analyzes that she suffers from type 1 diabetes, and treatment must be adhered to.

And she continued: “My mother persevered with her medications, and her health condition improved, but some time ago she felt very tired again, and lost consciousness. The hospital costs 8148 dirhams to control her health.

The patient’s daughter indicated that she cannot afford the required amount to treat her mother, as she receives a monthly alimony of 7,000 dirhams, and she has a family of six, and pays 2,000 dirhams for rent, and the alimony barely meets the requirements of her daily life, so she appeals to the people of good and the merciful hearts to help her On managing the amount of the treatment and the operation, to relieve the pain of her elderly mother.

• “Maryam” supports a family of six from her monthly expenses.