Shirley needs your help. She is the wife and mother of a boy and a girl. The severity of her breast cancer forced her to stop working and she has to deal with high medical costs for both tests, medications and, above all, chemotherapy sessions. Therefore, he asks for the help and collaboration of the population.
“Five months ago they detected cancer. They referred me to the Viedma hospital. Just three weeks ago they transferred me to Oncology and the cancer has progressed. It reached the lung. I started with chemotherapy. Unfortunately the Unified Health System (SUS) does not cover it. which is cancer. It takes a lot for the drugs and I have to do eight chemotherapy sessions, an operation and, later, radiation therapy, “he explained in an interview with OPINIÓN’s Good Night.
Excision is no longer an option due to the advanced condition. That is why they first need to shrink the tumor and then carry out the “pertinent surgery.”
You must have chemotherapy every 14 days. They are approximately four months of treatment and the costs are high. “The drugs, nothing more, are costing between 1,500 and 1,700 Bolivians. That varies depending on the pharmacy one goes to. Outside of that, there are other drugs to apply after chemotherapy, injecting oneself with defenses because they are totally lowered. to the body. Every 14 days, we spend between 4,000 and 5,000 bolivianos. If it were a private hospital, each chemotherapy would cost 13,000 bolivianos “.
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Shirley worked in a store, where she sold meat and supplies. Because of his health, he had to close the facilities and sell “almost everything” to pay for medical costs, as they had to use “private equipment”. Her husband cannot work because he helps her when he comes off chemotherapy and has to take care of the children while she is at the doctor. The global cost is approximately 40,000 bolivianos.
Citizens can contact 65747921 to coordinate ways of support. You can also make a deposit in the account 10000022283068 (Savings Bank) of Banco Unión, in the name of Sergio Daniel Colque Choque, CI: 5236333. “It is a very difficult situation that I am going through at the moment.”
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