Taiwan Embassy comes through for child with rare sickness
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S– The Taiwan Embassy has come through for *Sabelo (4) who has a rare sickness and was in need for urgent financial assistance.
Eswatini News ran a story in our last publication, where Gogo Hlobisile Gumedze was appealing for urgent financial assistance from the members of the public to save the life of her grandson.
Taiwan Embassy reached out and came through and provided the toddler with a special doctor who will be treating him.
Counselor Henry Huang disclosed to this publication that the special doctor will immediately conduct tests and if there is a need for the toddler to be transported to Taiwan, the embassy would facilitate his whole treatment programme.
“The embassy will help and finance the treatment of Sabelo and we will make sure that we do our best,” said Counselor Huang.
Gogo Hlobisile Gumedze, in an interview with Eswatini News, confirmed that her grandson who had a rare liver disease was already being treated by a special doctor, who had been provided by the embassy of Taiwan.
Fortunately
“On Monday, after they (Taiwan Embassy) called, we brought my grandson to the Mbabane Government where the special doctor came and conducted tests. Fortunately, the nurses of the hospital also brought another child who was suffering the same kind of disease and they are both being attended, treated by the doctor. We thank the King who has good relations with the Republic of
The four-year-old boy, who has a rare sickness and in need of urgent financial assistance.
Taiwan, as we are all benefitting now,” lamented Gogo Gumedze.
According to Gogo Gumedze, Sabelo had been battling the rare liver disease since May last year.
“My grandson started by vomitting blood and also began swelling massively in his stomach,” said Gogo Gumedze.
Sabelo’s grandmother disclosed that due to the severity of the disease, the child was pulled out of school as he spent almost the whole year admitted in hospitals.
Disturbs
“What disturbs us as a family is that the local doctors have failed to find out what really is behind his sickness. Citi scans, blood tests have been run numerously but the doctors have failed to get to the root of the disease.
“The local doctors have agreed that Sabelo’s condition can only be examined in the Republic of South Africa. They disclosed to us that they cannot treat what
do not know and advised us to raise E15 000 in order to pay for the services of a specialised doctor,” said Gogo Gumedze in an interview this week.
Gogo Gumedze said that the life of the child was hanging in the balance as the stomach kept on swelling.
“He is number 136 on the Phalala list of beneficiaries and if not examined and treated urgently, we might lose him as this disease seems to be deadly,” narrated Gogo Gumedze.
Sabelo’s parents are unemployed while Gumedze is surviving on the E1 500 elderly grant which is paid on a quarterly basis. Life is very bad and does not look good for the four-year-old who had been reeling in pain for a whole year now. Esophageal varices are what is suspected to be the cause of Sabelo’s sickness.
Hlobisile Gumedze is appealing with emaSwati to financially assist and save the life of her grandson. “Any amount is acceptable and my MTN contact is
7689 0809.’’ ABOUT THE DISEASE
Esophageal varices are dilated submucosal distal esophageal veins connecting the portal and systemic circulations. They form due to portal hypertension, which commonly is a result of cirrhosis, resistance to portal blood flow and increased portal venous blood inflow. Variceal rupture is the most common fatal complication of cirrhosis. The severity of liver disease correlates with the presence of varices and the risk of bleeding. This activity reviews the evaluation of esophageal varices and the role of the interprofessional team in managing this condition.
* Not real name.