Monday June 08, 2008
XPRESS June 16th. 2008
By Subramani Dharmarajan, Senior Reporter
http://www.xpress4me.com/articles/08/04/30/20007223.html
Valley of Love (VoL), a Dubai-based non-profit
voluntary organisation, is raising funds for 26-year-old Neelkantha Mishra, an
office boy who has been diagnosed with a rare heart disease.
"I came to Dubai in July 2004 to join a construction company.
But in May 2005, I suddenly lost weight and had fever for several days,
followed by chest pain and breathing difficulty. The company sent me to Rashid
Hospital where an angiography was done," said Mishra, who hails from Nepal.
"After an electrocardiogram (ECG), he was found to be suffering
from Brugada's Syndrome, a congenital disease marked by significant electrical
instability that happens any time, leading to sudden cardiac arrest," disclosed
Dr Khalifa Omar, who is treating Mishra at Rashid Hospital. "Brugada's Syndrome
is very unpredictable and this patient is at high risk, as his relatives have
died suddenly," he explained. Mishra has already lost his parents and two
sisters to the disease.
Dr Omar said an Implanted Cardio Defibrillator
(ICD) has to be fitted inside the patient to give an electric shock to the
heart whenever it senses a bad rhythm. It is much more expensive than a
pacemaker. "The ICD, which pumps the heart, can be fitted in half an hour," he
said. "We are trying to find a suitable ICD for the patient," he said.
According to R.K. Nair, a senior VoL member,
the ICD cost has been quoted as Dh55,000. A bank account (Emirates Bank account
No 0055-072980-100, Al Souk Branch, Bur Dubai) has been opened in Mishra's name
to facilitate mobilisation of funds.
Mishra does a 6am to 8pm duty, filing and
distributing papers as well as making and serving tea at an office. He earns
around Dh1,100 a month and shares the company accommodation with colleagues.
55,000
dirhams is the cost of an implanted cardio
defibrillator that may help save Mishra
A/C DETAILS OF THE PATIENT
Bank Details. (Neel Kantha Mishra, Emirates Bank account No
0055-072980-100, Al Souk Branch, Bur Dubai)
Neel's Mob No 050 7029802
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