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Help me pay for spinal decompression surgery at Cairo General Hospital

After a hernia that has become strangulated, Hala was cleared for spinal decompression surgery, but the bill is more than we can manage.

🇪🇬 Cairo, Cairo, Egypt839 views
Hala Taghreed Soliman
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Cairo
In August I was diagnosed with a hernia that has become strangulated. My surgeon at Cairo General Hospital recommended spinal decompression surgery, and I have been placed on the schedule for November. The hospital's financial office gave me a written estimate of $640, and after what our health plan will pay, I'm still $450 short. Doctors at Cairo General Hospital told me a hernia that has become strangulated will get worse without spinal decompression surgery. I work as a retail assistant, and I have saved what I can, but the estimate of $640 is far beyond what I've. Until the surgery I can't work full days, and my hours as a retail assistant have already been cut. Every week of waiting means more pain and a bigger risk. Rehabilitation is expected to take about 12 weeks. I'll not be able to lift anything heavy during that time, so this has become a financial emergency as well as a medical one. I'll pay the hospital and pharmacy directly and post every receipt in the updates section. Where the $450 goes: • Physiotherapy sessions: $85 • Travel and lodging for the family: $50 • Pre-operative tests and imaging: $65 • Hospital stay (2 nights): $250 If you can't give, please share this page. It does reach people.
due date
2026-10-23
bill type
Hospital invoice
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Updates from Hala

  1. Good news. Because of your gifts ($141 in total) I made the first payment toward hospital stay. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.

  2. Update from Cairo: the plan for travel and lodging for the family is now scheduled. We're at 31% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

  3. Update from Cairo: I made the first payment toward travel and lodging for the family. We're at 8% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

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  • Lorenzo N. Martínez

    Hope this works out for you. I'll check back for the next update. Take care!

    • Siti Gita Putra

      wishing you the best, Hala. This could happen to any of us. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. Blessings.

      • Hassan Usman Ahmed

        Thinking of you. I work in healthcare and wanted you to know people are on your side. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. Thinking of Cairo.

        • Burcu Kübra Aydoğan

          I work in healthcare and wanted you to know people are on your side. After 10 years in nursing I know how hard it's to ask for anything. Thinking of Cairo

          • Priscila Elaine Vasconcelos

            Get well soon. Put this on a community board in Edinburgh this morning. Take care.

            $240.50 raised of $450

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