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Standing with Salman: kidney cancer treatment costs
Salman is facing kidney cancer and the cost of treatment, travel and care at home is far beyond what the family can cover.
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Salman was diagnosed with kidney cancer in June. The oncology team at Multan Regional Medical Center has planned 8 rounds of treatment, starting in August. He will be away from work for about 4 weeks.
Salman is 42, worked as a taxi driver until June, 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 Multan Regional Medical Center 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 $1,300 goes:
• Chemotherapy and medication not covered: $810
• Scans and lab work: $100
• Transport to Multan Regional Medical Center: $50
• Nutrition and supplements prescribed by the care team: $45
• Household costs while unable to work: $295
Thank you for reading my story.
- Rashid
Updates from Rashid
19% there. I made the first payment toward chemotherapy and medication not covered. Thank you. - Rashid
Good news. Because of your gifts ($135 in total) I met with the treatment center and confirmed the amounts. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.
- Michael Abubakar Obi 🇳🇬 · $36
- Martijn Koster 🇳🇱 · $50
- Luigi Gennaro Coppola 🇮🇹 · $50
- Femi Bolaji Ekwueme 🇳🇬 · $100
- Larissa Aline Almeida 🇧🇷 · $78
- Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $10
- Sultana Shahana Hossain 🇧🇩 · $10
- Emine Özlem Aksoy 🇹🇷 · $5
“Best of luck. Thought of Salman all day after reading this. - Istanbul”
- Noreen Aleena Bhatti 🇵🇰 · $15
- Anonymous 🇧🇷 · $10
- Landon H. Neal 🇺🇸 · $75
“All the best. Thought of Salman all day after reading this.”
- Dola Shefali Alam 🇧🇩 · $50
“Hope it all works out. Hope the August deadline works out. - Narayanganj”
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Hang in there, Rashid. Get well soon. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day
everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Love from Paris.