He needs medication for a year at 193,000 dirhams

Leukemia threatens Arshad's life

(Arshad - Asian - 35 years old) discovered that he had leukemia, six months ago, and his health condition deteriorated rapidly, and he needs treatment in the form of chemical pills daily for a whole year to control the disease, and the cost of treatment is 16 thousand and 97 dirhams per month. , equivalent to 193 thousand 160 dirhams during the year, and this drug acts as a precaution against the emergence of leukemia, and protects it from dangerous complications of the disease.

(Arshad) stressed that this treatment is his last hope for recovery, noting that he cannot provide the cost of the drug due to difficult financial conditions, appealing to the philanthropists to help him manage the cost of treatment to save him from the slow death he is experiencing.

(Arshad) told «Emirates Today» the story of his suffering with the disease, saying that he was living a normal, stable life until the middle of last year, when he felt severe lethargy and weakness in the body, accompanied by pain in the bone area, lack of appetite, high temperature, and severe vomiting. And severe diarrhea, so he went to the emergency department of a specialized hospital, and was given an antibiotic, after the doctor diagnosed his health condition with severe inflammation in the mouth, as a result of severe redness in the roof of the throat.

He continued that after a week of taking the antibiotic regularly, he did not find any improvement in his health condition, but rather it got worse, so he decided to go again to the hospital, and he was examined again by another doctor, and a more powerful antibiotic was dispensed than the first one, But the situation did not improve, and his health deteriorated, and he returned to the hospital a third time, and the doctor asked him to conduct more accurate examinations, as he had not improved after nine days of taking the treatment, and indeed he did medical examinations, laboratory analyzes and CT scans.

(Arshad) added that the results of the tests revealed a significant increase in the number of white blood cells, amounting to 25 thousand more than their normal rate, and a drop in hemoglobin and platelets, and the doctor ordered him to be transferred to the Oncology Department, and in the Oncology Department he conducted more accurate tests, and the specialist told him He was diagnosed with leukemia, and he was immediately given chemical pills, and he stayed in the hospital for 10 days under observation, during which he received many medications and the necessary medical care.

He explained that after his health condition improved, he was allowed to leave the hospital and complete the treatment for two weeks at home, after which the treating doctor prescribed hormonal chemical pills to him that he takes daily, worth 193,160 dirhams for a year.

(Arshad) continued that the disease ravages his body mercilessly, and makes him live in pain all hours of the day, and the doctor informed him that if he did not adhere to taking the medication on a regular basis, dangerous symptoms would appear, which could lead to his gradual death.

He indicated that he works in a company in the private sector in Dubai, with a salary of 3,500 dirhams, and resides in a shared housing with his friends, and pays 600 dirhams for rent, and the rest of the salary barely meets the requirements of daily life, and supports his small family in his town, and for three months, as a result of the deteriorating financial conditions of the company The company ceased operations completely, and he became without income.

(Arshad) appealed to good people and people of merciful hearts to help him manage the cost of medicine, to save his life from danger.

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The medical report issued by a medical hospital, and "Emirates Today" obtained a copy of it, confirmed that "the patient (Arshad) is 35 years old, suffers from leukemia, and is subject to treatment with inhibitors and chemical pills that he takes on a daily basis."

• "Arshad" has been living without income for 3 months, after the company's situation deteriorated and stopped working.