He needs medication for 51.6 thousand dirhams for a year

Pancreatic cancer threatens Abu Tariq's life

(Abu Tariq - 55 years old) suffers from pancreatic cancer and chronic diseases, including diabetes and high cholesterol, and he needs medicines and medical drugs and follow-up his illness for a year, at a cost of 51 thousand 618 dirhams.

Therefore, he appeals to good people and people of merciful hearts to help him find the required amount to start treatment for the disease that has become threatening to his life.

The health insurance had previously covered the cost of the catheterization operation that the patient needed when pancreatic cancer was discovered, and he also obtained an exemption from Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City Hospital in Abu Dhabi to cover chemotherapy sessions, but his modest capabilities and financial conditions, during the past two years, did not enable him to Saving the cost of the medicines he needs.

Abu Tariq told "Emirates Today": "In March of last year, I began to suffer from diabetes, and I was keen to follow it weekly, for fear of its rise, as I kept eating healthy diets free of sugars, and I was keen to exercise Walking every day for about an hour.

And he continued: “In September of last year, while sitting at home with my children, I felt very tired and pain in the abdominal area, so I took a painkiller to relieve the pain, but the next morning the pain intensified and I could not bear it, as my son took me to a private hospital, After examining my health condition, the doctor told me the necessity of conducting tests, taking medical samples and doing a CT scan, and I stayed in the hospital for 10 days, receiving the necessary treatment until my health condition stabilized. It was found that there was a malignant tumor in the digestive system.”

The patient indicated that the doctor advised the need to go to Tawam Hospital in Al Ain and make sure of the presence of the tumor. My health deteriorated and the sugar level rose, and when my health condition stabilized, the doctor treating me told me that I needed to undergo chemotherapy sessions as soon as possible, and because of a defect in the immune system, my sugar level rose.”

He added, "I was exempted from the cost of chemotherapy sessions from the hospital, and I took the treatment, but the deteriorating financial situation that I ordered made me unable to provide the cost of medicines to treat diabetes and cholesterol that I needed for a year."

(Abu Tariq) explained that “the only breadwinner for his family, consisting of three children, and his wife (a housewife), as he was working in the private sector with a monthly salary of 7,000 dirhams, and because of the company’s financial loss in March of 2020, he became unemployed and a stable source of income for his family. And he was receiving some food aid, including food and drink, from family, friends, and charities in the country.

• Abu Tariq's family consists of a wife and 3 children, and he has been without work since March of last year.