I came across this plea for assistance in the Tobago News and felt moved to post it on my blog. Kavita Singh a 24 year young woman has three months to live. She is in desparate need of money to do a bone marrow transplant in the United States. I know what her family is going through. Last year my sister, at the age of 25 one day suddenly collapsed at home. She was rushed to the General Hospital and in the days and weeks that followed we learnt from the medical tests that she required a mitral valve replacement for her heart.
We did not have the resources to raise the $1 million TT required to do the surgery in the United States. The doctors gave my sister 6 months to live. It was a difficult time. For the first time I realised that a human life can be equated in dollar signs. Everyday she stayed alive was like a gift and now I am much closer to my sister. She is still alive today thanks to the government assistance we received. In February of this year she underwent free surgery at the Mt Hope Medical Sciences Complex. Last month she married her boyfriend of 7 years. Hers was a happy ending of sorts. But her situation is not isolated.
I pledge to support Kavita. I hope my contributions and those of others are not too late. Please support her cause if you can.
Read the full article here: http://www.thetobagonews.com/index.pl/article?id=24757009
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