Umm Ali, a 67-year-old woman from the Gulf, has been battling ovarian cancer since April 2014. She has already undergone successful surgery and chemotherapy to control the tumor, but now the cancer has returned, and she needs to undergo a new treatment program to save her life. Unfortunately, her health insurance card has expired, and her financial situation makes it impossible for her to afford the AED 13,225 needed to renew it and continue her treatment.
According to Tawam Hospital in Al Ain, Umm Ali is in urgent need of help to secure the funds needed to renew her insurance and undergo treatment as soon as possible. She is the sole caregiver of her family, and her son, who earns a meager salary as a private driver, can barely make ends meet. Umm Ali is appealing to the public to help her raise the necessary funds to renew her insurance and receive treatment before her condition further deteriorates.
The medical report issued by Tawam Hospital, which Emirates Today obtained a copy of, details Umm Ali’s current condition, including ovarian cancer, constipation, dehydration, dysuria, nausea, vomiting, chronic pain, and severe pain in the right upper quadrant of her abdomen. She needs regular medications to manage her symptoms.
Umm Ali is hopeful that kind-hearted people will come forward to help her and save her life.
(Umm Ali – a Gulf woman – 67 years old) has been suffering from ovarian cancer since April 2014, and she underwent a long treatment journey to control the disease, and she had previously performed a successful surgery, after which she underwent a chemotherapy program to control the tumor and prevent its spread to the rest of the body, and since A period when the symptoms of the disease began to return to her again, and she needed to undergo a new treatment program to control the malignant tumor in order to save her life. The problem is that the health insurance card has expired, and her difficult financial conditions prevent her from managing the amount of 13 thousand and 225 dirhams, the cost of renewing the health insurance card, so that she can Continuing her treatment, and according to Tawam Hospital in Al Ain, the patient suffers from ovarian cancer, and appeals to the white-handed people to extend a helping hand to her, and help her in securing the cost of renewing the health insurance card, so that she undergoes the treatment program as soon as possible, in light of her poor health condition.
(Umm Ali) told the story of her suffering with the disease to «Emirates Today», saying that she began suffering from some health problems more than eight years ago, and entered Tawam Hospital in Al Ain, and underwent some medical examinations and analyzes, and her condition was diagnosed by doctors as suffering from a disease Ovarian cancer, in addition to her suffering from some other chronic diseases, and she had previously undergone surgery and a treatment program in the hospital, explaining that in the past she was undergoing treatment under the umbrella of the exemption program for cancer patients, and she underwent chemotherapy sessions until she recovered.
She added that during the recent period, the symptoms of the disease began to return to her again, and now she needs to be regular on a treatment program, and undergo regular chemotherapy sessions, as soon as possible, so that her health condition does not deteriorate and her life is endangered, but the problem is that her health insurance card has expired. validity, and need to be renewed in order to continue treatment.
Umm Ali indicated that the cost of renewing the card amounts to 13,225 dirhams, which is more than her family’s modest financial capabilities, which led to her stopping treatment a year ago, which led to the deterioration of her health condition, explaining that her son is the only breadwinner for her, and he works A driver in a private agency with a salary of 2,500 dirhams, he can barely meet the living expenses and requirements of his wife and children.
And she added that she currently does not know how to manage the amount of renewing the health insurance card in light of the bad health situation she is going through, and her urgent need to continue treatment in Tawam Hospital, so that her health condition does not worsen further, exacerbate, and get out of control, pointing out that her son took all means. And he knocked on all doors, in search of a solution to the problem of renewing health insurance, and all his efforts were in vain.
Umm Ali appealed to benevolent people and people with kind hearts to help her secure 13,225 dirhams, the cost of renewing the health insurance card, so that she could continue receiving treatment and control the disease, so that her life would not be endangered.
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The medical report issued by Tawam Hospital in Al Ain, of which Emirates Today obtained a copy, stated that the 67-year-old patient (Umm Ali) was admitted to the hospital suffering from several diseases, including ovarian cancer, constipation, dehydration, and shortness of breath. Dysuria, nausea and vomiting, acute and chronic pain, in addition to severe pain in the right upper quadrant of the abdomen, and the patient’s condition was diagnosed for the first time in April of 2014, and she had previously undergone surgery, followed by several sessions of chemotherapy, and the disease finally recurred. And you need to regularly take some medications.
The heartbreaking story of Umm Ali highlights the struggles that many cancer patients face when trying to afford the high cost of treatment. Despite her previous successful surgery and chemotherapy sessions, her ovarian cancer has returned, and she urgently needs to renew her health insurance card to continue receiving treatment. However, her financial situation means that she cannot afford the high cost of renewing it. Umm Ali’s son has tried to find a solution, but so far, their efforts have been in vain. Umm Ali is now appealing to the benevolent and kind-hearted people to help her secure the funds needed to renew her card and continue receiving the vital treatment she needs to save her life. It is a stark reminder of the inequalities in our healthcare system, and the need to support those who need it most.