Latest update December 4th, 2024 2:40 AM
Kidney patient needs another life-saving surgery, seeks financial help
Time is of the essence for 31-year-old Reena Sultan, a kidney patient who is in need of a second transplant.
Ten years ago, the mother of one underwent a kidney transplant and now has to do another in India. The woman now needs about G$4M before she can have the operation done.
Back in 2007, Sultan had undergone a successful kidney transplant. She recalls that her brother had donated a kidney to her.
“I was feeling well and my life was back to normal, but then a couple months ago, the symptoms began to return. I started to feel dizzy again and my body started to swell,” she revealed.
Sultan said that she visited the doctor’s office and learnt that the condition had returned.
“The doctors told me that if I don’t get this transplant again. I am going to die,” an emotional Sultan lamented.
She is pleading with members of the public to help her raise the money to undergo a surgery in India.
She explained that the surgery can be done locally, but the cost amounts to $8 million. As such, she is seeking help to go to India.
“I already have a donor. He is my nephew. He is 24 years old and he is ready to donate, but it is just to raise the monies.”
At present, Sultan undergoes treatment for her condition at the Doobay Renal Centre.
In an interview with Kaieteur News, the woman’s husband, Fazil Sultan stated that the treatment his wife receives involves dialysis. She would receive this treatment thrice weekly.
Reena Sultan
The dialysis treatment involves the removal of blood from the body which passes through a dialyzer – a two-part filter that acts like an artificial kidney. During the process the unwanted particles are filtered from the body and that blood returns to the circulatory system.
A catheter has been inserted into the superior vena cava of her heart. Doctors inserted the catheter to help with her condition. The catheter which has a two-month usage timeframe has been in for about eight months, since the Sultans can barely afford the dialysis. Her husband lamented that his wife’s condition is rapidly deteriorating, thus the need of urgent medical attention.
Anyone desirous of rendering assistance can contact the couple on their telephone numbers: 227-4167 or 693-1191. Funds can also be deposited to their Republic Bank account #298-9358.
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