May 2010 – Three Rivers Kids Foundation is attempting to raise US $20,000 to help Satish Gobin.
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Paraphrased from Kaieteur News Online:
The heart-wrenching story of nineteen year-old Satish Gobin who was recently diagnosed with chronic renal failure, epitomises the tragedy of living in a poor country in an age of technological wonder. Satish’s parents (his father is a canecutter) struggled to raise him and give him an education that he may enjoy a better life than they had. He had just secured employment with the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission when his potentially fatal disease was discovered.
Satish has been receiving dialysis treatments at a private operation in Georgetown that has been providing dialysis treatment at some US$175 per visit. To cover the recommended three weekly visits, then costs US$525 or $105,000 Guyanese dollars. One can only imagine the desperation of a canecutter as he watches his only child literally die before his eyes just because he does not have the funds to cover the dialysis costs.
But this is only a temporary solution. The ultimate treatment of replacing the diseased kidney presents the question even more starkly: kidney transplants cost approximately US$150,000 each in the US or US$35,000 in India. Where is a canecutter to secure even the latter amount of $7 million Guyanese dollars?
His mother is willing to donate one of her kidneys to save his life. Three Rivers Kids Foundation hopes to raise this money as soon as possible to send him and his parents to India for surgery. Please see our donation page for information on how to contribute.