Dhoni captain appeals for help to save life of thalassaemic daughter
14 Sep 2010, 4:35 PM
Ahmed Nazeer
“This could be my one chance to save the life of my daughter.”
When Mohamed Faiz received a letter offering his eight year old thalassaemic daughter a life-saving bone marrow transplant in Italy, departing on October 25, he was ecstatic.
“It was amazing, I was surprised and thought we would never get such an opportunity,” he tells Minivan News.
But their dream was shattered when he learned that while the Italian regional government of Abruzzo would bear the cost of the operations, and the Associazione Genitori Bambini Emopatici (AGBE) would arrange accommodation, the offer was conditional on his paying food and all other living expenses for five months – a cost they estimated at US$4500 (Rf57,375).
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