The victim of a fire of June 3 is still admitted 4 years after the disaster; calls for support

General News on Tuesday, June 11, 2019

Source: Graphic.com.gh

2019-06-11

Victim of the disaster of June 3, 2015, Mr. Kbadim Suraj, still incarcerated at the military hospital 37, four years after the disaster, launched a call for public aid to enable him to finance the remaining operations .

His medical bills amounted to 27,000 GH ¢, covering surgical procedures and postoperative management.

But he must find resources to fund new surgeries in Europe or North America.

Financial situation

He told the Daily Graphic that his financial situation was so bad that he could not afford to pay $ 400 for glbades that would protect his damaged eyes from the deterioration of his eyes.

The doctors say that Suraj still needs some scars and other surgeries to correct the partial or total absence of hair in areas of the body where he normally grows, a condition known as alopecia.

These surgeries – including hair transplants – are best performed in plastic surgery and reconstructive units in Europe and North America, the Daily Graphic said in a letter to 37 Hospital Hospital.

According to his medical report, the 40-year-old father of four lost his wife and child during the worst tragedy in Ghana, which claimed the lives of more than 150 people.

Thick burns

His burns were described as mixed burns and thick. For four years, he has undergone eight surgeries covering skin grafts and various corrective and reconstructive procedures. He is currently preparing for other surgeries.

Because of his condition, the doctors say that Suraj still has many days to spend under the knife at the theater, but that previous surgeries had left him penniless because he would be unable to fund them. remaining operations.

The face totally disfigured and a tube sucking his head into a container in his pocket, he declared that he was motivated to live because of his wife who, unbeknownst to him, had died in the terrible accident with their seven years . child of one year.

injuries

"As we speak, I feel a lot of pain because the tube has been connected to my brain. They remove it at 18 hours. every day to remove the discharge and wash. Sometimes I have trouble sleeping, "he told the Daily Graphic, wiping tears.

Mr. Suraj was first released by the hospital 10 months after the fire that ravaged large areas of the area surrounding the Kwame Nkrumah interchange. In 2017, while he was dressed three times a week at the hospital, doctors found that he was discharging from his head.

"It was like the liquid coming out of a boil when it breaks," he said.

It started a new trip two years after his admission to the hospital since 2017, but he does not know when he will be discharged, because according to the doctors, "there are more surgeries to be done".