Request for assistance to help save young life

Eleven-year-old schoolgirl Chalani Divumini Soysa of No.58 Fonseka Road, Panadura has been suffering from a heart ailment endangering her life and she is required to undergo urgent surgery at the Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases Unit of the Madras Medical Mission to save her life.

Her ailment has been diagnosed by the Head, Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Madras Medical Mission in Chennai Dr. K. Sivakumar as a case of TOF, severe infundibular PS Confluent PA that required Intra Cardiac Repair to save her life. The deadline given for the surgery is December 15, 2018. Authorities of the Madras Medical Mission have informed her father Nalaka Soysa that the medical examination and treatment that includes coronary angiogram would cost Rs. 205,000 ( Equal to US$ 2900) The medical expenses and the four return tickets for the family, their board and lodging and incidental expenses would amount to about Rs.1 million.

However, Chalani’s father Nalaka Soysa, a casual labourer and mother Gamage Mirinnamulla, a garment worker who maintain the family with their meagre income are not in a position to meet the colossal expenditure involving the surgery and treatment at the Institute of Cardio- Vascular Unit, MMM in Chennai and expenses of air travel and their stay in Chennai.

Chalani’s parents request for public assistance to save their only daughter’s life. The public who sympathise with them could credit their contributions towards this worthy cause to Sampath Bank, Panadura branch A/c No, 102657129083 or Bank of Ceylon, Panadura Branch A/c No. 8124458 in favour of Chalani’s father H.P. Nalaka Soysa. For further details please contact him on 0714758595 or 0788-795930.