She suffers from ovarian cancer.. She stopped treatment for a year

"Umm Hamad" needs 13.2 thousand dirhams to renew the health insurance card

The patient (Um Hamad - Gulf - 65 years old) needs 13,225 dirhams for the cost of renewing the health insurance card, in order to be able to continue her treatment for ovarian cancer and other chronic diseases. Bad health.

(Um Hamad) tells the story of her suffering with the disease to "Emirates Today", saying: "I have been suffering from the disease for eight years, as well as other chronic diseases. I underwent chemotherapy at Tawam Hospital, under the exemption program for cancer patients, and I must continue treatment and chemotherapy sessions, But I am unable to manage the cost of the treatment because my health card is expired.”

She added that the cost of renewing the card is 13,225 dirhams, and this is an amount that exceeds her family's modest financial capabilities, noting that she has been without treatment for a year, and her son is the only breadwinner for her and his family, and he works as a driver for a private party with a monthly salary of 2,500 dirhams, which goes to life expenses and the requirements of his children. .

And she continued, "I do not know how to manage the amount of health insurance card renewal in light of my need to continue my treatment at Tawam Hospital, so I appeal to benefactors to help me renew the health insurance card that I need."

medical report

The medical report issued by Tawam Hospital in Al Ain stated that “the patient suffers from several diseases, including ovarian cancer, constipation, dehydration, shortness of breath, dysuria, nausea and vomiting, acute and chronic pain, and pain in the right upper quadrant of the abdomen. The patient was diagnosed for the first time in April 2014.” .

Umm Hamad lives with her son, who works in a private entity, with a salary of 2500 dirhams.