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Kumari's valve repair surgery can't wait - please help us cover the bill

After a deviated septum causing chronic infections, Kumari was cleared for valve repair surgery, but the bill is more than we can manage.

🇱🇰 Colombo, Western, Sri Lanka678 views
Viraj Mahesh Fernando
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Colombo
Kumari was diagnosed with a deviated septum causing chronic infections in March. The surgeon at Saint Catherine Hospital recommended valve repair surgery, and She is scheduled for June. The hospital's financial office gave us a written estimate of $2,100, and after what my employer's plan will pay we're still $1,050 short. my daughter has been in and out of Saint Catherine Hospital since March. The doctors say a deviated septum causing chronic infections will get worse without valve repair surgery. We have emptied our savings and borrowed from relatives, but the estimate of $2,100 is more than we can find. While we wait, Kumari struggles with daily life and can't drive. Her family has taken turns caring for her, and I've cut my own work hours to be there. Recovery is expected to take about 3 weeks. During that time Kumari won't be able to drive, so the costs keep growing. The money goes straight to the treatment bills, and I'll share the invoices as they're paid so you can see exactly what your gift did. Where the $1,050 goes: • Travel and lodging for the family: $60 • Physiotherapy sessions: $90 • Surgeon and anesthesia fees: $730 • Post-operative medication: $60 • Pre-operative tests and imaging: $110 Please ask me anything in the questions section. I'll answer honestly and quickly.
due date
2026-05-22
bill type
Hospital invoice

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  • Oneil T. Gordon 🇯🇲 · $20

    “Rooting for you. Hope the July deadline works out. - Kingston”

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    “Get well soon. Hope the July deadline works out. - Karachi”

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    “Hope it all works out. I'm in Hamilton, thinking of you.”

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    “Be well. Thought of Kumari all day after reading this. - Dublin”

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  • Rooting for you, Viraj. Your post was clear and honest. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. God bless.

    • praying for you. This could happen to any of us. Thinking of Colombo.

      • hang in there. Get well soon. My husband and I read this together

        • stay strong, Viraj. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Put this on a community board in Dublin this morning

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