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Appeal For Donation

25 Feb 2022 - {{hitsCtrl.values.hits}}      

I am a father of a disabled son aged 13 years. He showed symptoms of paralysis because of a viral infection in the brain at birth. He has lost his sight in one eye and is nearsighted in the other eye, and he cannot walk. 

 

 

As advised by Dr. Sunil Wijesinghe of Colombo Children’s Hospital the dislocated hip bone of his left leg should be relocated. His knees should be operated on the same day as the nerves are pinched. The operation is due on March 11, 2022. 


He is receiving education in a normal school in Grade eight using a wheelchair and his mother stays at school during school hours. He is clever, and my wife cannot do a job as she has to spend time with our child. 
My son had to stay at Colombo National Eye Hospital from time to time until he was 5 years while undergoing seven surgeries. We had to take him to Colombo every week. So far he has been anaesthetised 17 times. He had poor eyesight and did not respond well to physiotherapists at government hospitals. We could not make him cry because he had high pressure in his eyes and therefore we had to take him for private treatment. 
We mortgaged our house and land to Rambukkana Sampath Bank because of the expenses we had to bear for the child. One of the main reasons for our financial difficulties was expenses for both indigenous and western medical treatments for 13 years. I have been unable to settle bank payments. Our child received treatments at Ragama Rehabilitation Hospital for six months. Our child needs to undergo the said operation prescribed by the doctors. I also have a child sitting for the A/L examinations at present. 


I would greatly appreciate if I can find any donor willing to help me get through my financial hardships. Donations could be made to “Commercial Bank Ltd Account No: 8500007810 to the credit of S. M. P. G. N. Banda No: 151, Gracellinwatta,, Randeniya, Hiriwadunna (Habarana) Contact No.0725194888, 0764719350