You need medication for 6 months worth 9,648 dirhams

Chronic diseases threaten the life of "Umm Nariman"

Umm Nariman - an Egyptian - 64 years old, suffers from a stroke and chronic diseases, after which she was admitted to the intensive care unit at the Cleveland Clinic Hospital in Abu Dhabi. And she appeals to good people and people of merciful hearts to extend a helping hand to them in acquiring the value of therapeutic medicines, especially that her mother's delay in taking the medicines threatens her life.

The medical report issued by the Cleveland Clinic Hospital in Abu Dhabi confirmed that (Um Nariman) was admitted to the emergency department of the hospital, suffering from a heart attack and seven clots in the foot and neck, and she stayed in the hospital receiving treatment and health care in the intensive care unit for 20 days, and after That her health condition improved, it was found that she is completely unable to move, and needs help during her movement, and that her injury poses a threat to her life in the event of her treatment being delayed, as one of the charitable societies in the country covered all the costs of her treatment and stay in the hospital, and the patient needs therapeutic medicines It is worth 9,648 dirhams for a period of six months.

The patient's daughter told "Emirates Today" the story of her mother's suffering with the disease, saying: "When I came to work in the country in 2012, at a private university in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, I decided to bring my mother from Egypt to be close to me, as I am the only breadwinner for her, and she was My mother suffers from high blood pressure, and I was keen to take her to follow up her health condition in government and private hospitals in the country on a regular basis.”

And she continued, "In 2019, my services were terminated by my previous employer, as I was receiving a salary of 10 thousand dirhams, through which I was able to provide all our living and health needs for me and my mother."

She added, "Three months later, I got another job in the private sector. My joy was not complete, as my services were terminated in August of last year due to the company's loss, and I was unable to provide the value of the monthly medicines for my mother."

(Nariman) said, "My mother has not taken her medicines for more than three months, and her health condition has become critical, and I cannot afford the costs of her medicines, and her health condition is gradually deteriorating, and I have become the only breadwinner for my elderly mother, and I am unemployed, and the assistance I get by friends that hardly meet our daily needs of food and drink.”

• “Umm Nariman” was admitted to the hospital suffering from a heart attack and seven strokes in the foot and neck.