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Rides to dialysis three times a week for Márcio in Niterói
Márcio needs dialysis three times a week and has lost the ability to drive; volunteer drivers can each take one day.
🇧🇷 24091-890, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil1,052 views
Márcio has been on dialysis for 4 years and until recently drove to Niterói General Hospital alone. After an eyesight problem, Márcio can no longer drive. Taxis cost more than the family can pay three times a week.
We're building a rota of volunteer drivers. Each session is 4 hours, including the trip there and back; most volunteers take one regular day. The journey is about 32 km each way.
Márcio is cheerful company. You'd need a car in good condition and a clean driving record. We'll cover your fuel costs, and the family will send you home with homemade food.
Please say which day works for you in the comments.
Thank you for reading my story.
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- one weekly trip
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- In person in Niterói
- skills
- reliable car, clean driving record
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Thanks for sharing this. It takes guts to ask. Well done. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money. Greetings from Half-Way Tree.
sending good thoughts. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. It's not much but it's yours. Take care.
keep going, Leandro. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did.
Hope the treatment goes smoothly and recovery is quick. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. Take care
Praying for you. Look after yourselves too, caregivers need rest. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it.
Good luck, Leandro. This could happen to any of us. Thinking of Niterói.
Sending love, Leandro. Looking forward to the next update. Sent it to 13 people at work. Greetings from Boulogne-Billancourt!
hope things get better soon, Leandro. Hope the treatment goes smoothly and recovery is quick.
Thinking of you. I work in healthcare and wanted you to know people are on your side. My neighbor in Guadalupe donated after I showed her your page. Greetings from Guadalupe.