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20-year-old dialysis patient needs $4M financial help for surgery
At age 20, most young men are either focused on University education or on other interests.
However, that’s not the case for 20-year-old Hakin Green who is instead battling to have a normal life. He is facing the harsh reality that he could die sooner than later. He is badly in need of a kidney transplant as both have failed.
After appearing on the television talk show ‘Caribbean Music Box’ aired on www.brutalradio.com and BTV Ch2, a donor has come forward and so far she is a good match.
Hakin Green
Surgery could be done by August month end if all goes well. But his family now needs $4M to make that possible. His mother works and secured some of the money for the surgery but has used it all up to do tests on the donor as well as on her son and for payments of his continued dialysis.
Several weeks ago, he was all set for the surgery after traveling from Antigua with his Guyanese mother to Guyana. The prospects were good and his mind was at ease as his Guyanese father had agreed to donate a kidney but pulled out at the last moment, dashing the son’s hopes.
“I was in shock and I cried bitterly because this had become a fairytale turned into a nightmare,” he said.
The doctors who had arrived from overseas to perform that surgery left and his mother’s quest began to find a donor with A+ blood.
Their appeal on the TV talk show evoked responses and one cash donation of $20,000 from viewers. Now with the kidney donor coming forward, his worry is now compounded by a financial need to pay the doctors to do the surgery to the tune of $4M. Meanwhile, dialysis and other medical bills are costing him $20,000 (US$100) per session and he needs three sessions a week.
Ultimately the youth who has a positive outlook on life and despite the reality of knowing that he could die soon if he does not get the surgery wants to be a nephrologist (A nephrologist is a physician who has been trained in the diagnosis and management of kidney disease).
“I want to help people in similar situations like mine because I’ve learnt a lot as a result of this situation and I realise that there are not that many people who do such a job and because I have experienced it I’m more focused on giving back from my experience.”
Donations can be made by contacting 231-5087 or 681-2729.
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