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Standing with Dipu: acute lymphoblastic leukemia treatment costs
Supporting Dipu through acute lymphoblastic leukemia: medication, transport to Dhaka Cancer Centre, and living costs while He cannot work.
🇧🇩 Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh633 views
Dipu was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in August. The oncology team at Dhaka Cancer Centre has planned 8 rounds of treatment, starting in October. He will be away from work for about 7 weeks.
Dipu is 52, worked as a bakery worker until August, and has always been the one who looks after everyone else. Now it's our turn to look after him.
Treatment is covered only in part. Medication that isn't on the approved list, trips to Dhaka Cancer Centre 4 times a week, and the income the family has lost add up quickly.
We've already sold what we could and have begun borrowing for groceries. Every kindness from you takes weight off his shoulders.
I'll post every invoice and receipt as an update so donors can follow where each gift goes.
Where the $850 goes:
• Household costs while unable to work: $230
• Nutrition and supplements prescribed by the care team: $80
• Chemotherapy and medication not covered: $540
I never thought I'd be the one asking, and I'm grateful for every bit of support.
Updates from Mim
Quick update: $205 raised so far (24%). we've started the first stage. Receipts coming as soon as I have them. - Mim
- Ruby F. Valdez 🇺🇸 · $50
“Good luck. Hope the November deadline works out. - Miami”
- Diego S. Acosta 🇦🇷 · $57
“God bless. Thought of Dipu all day after reading this. - Rosario”
- Nina Hendriks 🇳🇱 · $100
- Anonymous 🇧🇩 · $75
- Asuka Naoko Taniguchi 🇯🇵 · $25
“Hope it all works out. Thought of Dipu all day after reading this. - Tokyo”
- Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $50
“Wishing you the best. Thought of Dipu all day after reading this. - Los Angeles”
- Anonymous 🇲🇽 · $20
- Byaruhanga David Mwangi 🇹🇿 · $25
- Cameron K. Allen 🇺🇸 · $118
- Hatem Sami Tannous 🇪🇬 · $36.50
- Michelle P. Lane 🇺🇸 · $25
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Thinking of you. I work in healthcare and wanted you to know people are on your side. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like. All the best.
sending strength. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day.
Shared it with a few friends. Sent it to 3 people at work.
Wishing you peace, Mim. This could happen to any of us. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. All the best.
It takes guts to ask. Well done. Sent it to 27 people at work. Blessings