(By Faris al-Rifai; Translation by Yusra Ahmed)
Mazen Abdullah Mobarak, a Syrian child ran away with his family to Jordan, and live as a refugee in the city of Mafraq, suffers of acute Leukaemia, but his family cannot afford for his treatment.
Mazen’s condition has been discovered when he suffered of a node in his neck, three days later he became pale and started to vomit blood and red spots covered his body, his father told Zaman al-Wasl.
“Because of his bad condition, we had to take him to al-Zalil Hospital where he received platelets, but we were told that the hospital had not had the suitable treatment and facilities for his case, to start my journey among medical centres and hospitals, all of them, even Oon centre, refused to treat my son after diagnosing him of Leukaemia because the treatment is expensive and there is no one to cover the cost” the father detailed.
The father mentioned that he might be able to cover for some tests and samples for Mazen, but he cannot afford for the Chemotherapy which costs 300 Jordanian Dinar each session, and Mazen needs two treatment session a month.
“still, the chance of recovery less than 60% and Mazen needs a sterilised environment because his immunity is weakened, but we cannot get that environment where we lived in a village next to a stable” the father detailed in pain.
In the end, the father expressed his will to go back to Syria hoping to die with dignity because of shelling rather than dying hundreds of times each day from humiliation and begging.
Mazen Abdullah Mobarak, a Syrian child ran away with his family to Jordan, and live as a refugee in the city of Mafraq, suffers of acute Leukaemia, but his family cannot afford for his treatment.
Mazen’s condition has been discovered when he suffered of a node in his neck, three days later he became pale and started to vomit blood and red spots covered his body, his father told Zaman al-Wasl.
“Because of his bad condition, we had to take him to al-Zalil Hospital where he received platelets, but we were told that the hospital had not had the suitable treatment and facilities for his case, to start my journey among medical centres and hospitals, all of them, even Oon centre, refused to treat my son after diagnosing him of Leukaemia because the treatment is expensive and there is no one to cover the cost” the father detailed.
The father mentioned that he might be able to cover for some tests and samples for Mazen, but he cannot afford for the Chemotherapy which costs 300 Jordanian Dinar each session, and Mazen needs two treatment session a month.
“still, the chance of recovery less than 60% and Mazen needs a sterilised environment because his immunity is weakened, but we cannot get that environment where we lived in a village next to a stable” the father detailed in pain.
In the end, the father expressed his will to go back to Syria hoping to die with dignity because of shelling rather than dying hundreds of times each day from humiliation and begging.
Zaman Al Wasl
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