(Zaman Al Wasl)- The four-year-old Syrian refugee child Nader Tamakha suffers from congenital malformation of the urinary tract and is in urgent need for treatment amid fears of kidney function if not treated quickly.
Doctors diagnosed the case of reflux in the urine as having a congenital origin or as a result of blockage of the urethra outside the bladder due to a deficiency or paralysis in the work of the bladder.
The report added that the child’s condition may affect the function of the renal if not treated quickly.
Nader’s mother, Umm Nawaf, told Zaman Al Wasl that her child, 4, had a congenital malformation in the urinary tract, which renal hypertrophy and stopped the right kidney because it was basically small.
Umm Nawaf added that she did many x-rays and tests for her child, when he was 1 and 8 months old. He also did an operation, but he still suffers from renal hypertrophy.
Umm Nawaf continued that last week her child’s condition was sour and the doctors requested an analysis to determine the kidney’s function. There is a possibility of renal transplantation, given that the cost of renal transplantation in Lebanon is not less than $30,000.
Each time Nader goes to receive treatment, his family pays approximately $ 50 to arrive at the hospital, whether in Beirut or Jbeil, knowing that the family's house is in rent and Nader's father laborer.
Nader's mother, who lives in the town of Minya, in Tripoli, said that she had contacted UNHCR since his birth when she learned that he needs a surgery, but they did not take care of the treatment and considered that the operation he needed was cosmetic. She also contacted humanitarian and medical organizations, and only “Molham Volunteering team”, sponsored the second operation of the child.
Umm Nawaf revealed that Nader's older brother has complained of pain in his stomach for two weeks and suffers from a high fever from time to time, with restlessness in movement and frequent sleep, although he was active and hyper in the previous months.
There are no statistics on the number of Syrian children with kidney disease in Lebanon, but the data available in the Lebanon Crisis Response Plan (2020-2017) estimates the number of patients with kidney failure in Lebanon from the Syrian refugees to be 200 patients, 110 patients suffering from kidney failure receiving appropriate and continuous treatment.
More than 60 patients remain on the waiting list in the absence of the support provided by the Lebanese state to this category, as the Ministry of Health announced in the first quarter of the year 2017 to stop receiving Syrian refugees suffering from kidney failure in government hospitals.
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