Paynesville Metropolis– Liberian nurse who has spent greater than a decade saving lives within the nation’s leeward counties and just lately within the ambulance service is now pleading for assist to avoid wasting her personal.
By Jaheim T. [email protected]
In an interview with Liberia TV, Georgia T. Jibbil–Snawolo, an worker of the Ministry of Well being’s emergency medical service, has been identified with superior liver most cancers and medical doctors say her solely probability is surgical procedure overseas.
“I’ve been working within the leeward counties since 2012 and was just lately transferred to the EMS ambulance service after the disaster,” she mentioned. “I received sick in December. I began vomiting, my abdomen began hurting uncontrollably. I began sweating. I began getting weaker.”
She was first taken to ELWA Hospital, the place medical doctors knowledgeable her that she had ulcers. Nonetheless, as her situation worsened, she was later transferred to the John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital. It was there that medical examinations revealed a rising mass on her liver, elevating deeper issues about her well being.
She additional disclosed that at Jahmale Medical Options, physician recognized three further marks and concluded that surgical procedure overseas, particularly in India could be her best choice. This advice marked a important urgency in her medical journey, because it underscored the seriousness of her situation and the necessity for specialised remedy.
“Being a nurse I do know, so I began to see an enormous mark. The mark has gotten massive however I’m seeing three different smaller ones,” she recalled after present process a CT liver triple-phase scan.
“The physician mentioned Ghana won’t be okay. He can’t advocate Ghana for me. So I ought to go to India as quickly as potential,” she mentioned.
The estimated value of surgical procedure, lodging, and transport is $16,400 — far past her means. “I come from a really poor background,” she defined. “I would like them now. Somebody who selected to enterprise into the medical area to avoid wasting life is now asking the general public to assist save her life.”
Her enchantment is directed not solely to humanitarian teams and bizarre residents but additionally to Liberia’s political leaders. “I’m calling on Senate Professional-Tempore Nyonblee Kangar-Lawrence, Montserrado County Senator Abraham Darius Dillon and everybody who’re in positions to come back to my help,” she mentioned.
Her enchantment highlights the bounds of Liberia’s well being system, the place superior oncology care is unavailable and medical evacuation is usually the one path for sufferers with complicated cancers.
