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Date Posted: 21:08:51 05/28/04 Fri
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s.venkata ramana
's message, "financial or medical assistance badly needed for kidney transplant patient" on 04:48:51 03/11/04 Thu
>From: S.Venkataramana DATED: 11/03/04
>Door no 18-241, Hill Mount No-4,
>Simhadripuram, (PO) H.B. Colony,
>VISAKHAPATNAM-530022,
>(ANDHRA PRADESH)
>PH NO- +918912534158.
>Cell : +919849294620
>E-mail : ramanasvenkat64@rediff.com
>My bank A/c : 061-016697-006, H.S.B.C
>( Suryabagh, Visakhapatnam, A.P state, India )
>
>Respected Sir / Madam,
>Sub:Financial or Medical Assistance For Post Operative
>Medication for Post Transplant Kidney Patient badly
>needed.
>
>With due respects let me introduce myself I, Sorampudi
>Venkata Ramana , was affected with chronic Renal
>Failure as per investigations conducted by Sunderam
>Medical Foundation, Chennai and Apollo
>Hospital,Chennai in the year 1999. I was advised to
>undergo Renal Transplantation for longer effective
>life, particularly as I was aged 36 years only at that
>time.
>With my poor health I had to discontinue my job and
>has been staying with my old retired father who had
>spent all his savings for the prolonged medical
>treatment of my mother who also suffered from chronic
>renal failure. She expired two years back. I was on
>heamo-dialysis for about 2.1/2 yrs.In the meantime my
>father and myself have been making efforts to raise
>necessary funds for my renal transplantation. My
>erstwhile employer, who have always been sympathetic
>to me, have provided around Rs.50000/- and my
>relatives, my brother and sisters have helped me with
>around Rs 2.5 lakhs. A kind-hearted philanthropist
>known to my uncle helped us with a donation of Rs.1
>lakh. I could also mobilize a grant of Rs.30000/- from
>Prime Ministers Relief Fund vide letter no.82
>(11514)/2000-PMF.
>With the help of the resources as above, I ventured to
>plan for my renal transplantation, the donor being a
>very kind hearted lady known to my brothers family
>purely on a voluntary basis, at Madras Medical Mission
>Hospital at Chennai.After necessary preparatory tests,
>and approval by the authorization committee,
>Directorate of Medical Education Chennai, constituted
>by Govt.of Tamilnadu for implementation of
>transplantation of Human organs Act 1994,
>renal transplantation operation was successfully
>performed on 19/11/2002 at Madras Medical Mission
>Hospital, Chennai. For postoperative care I was placed
>under the treatment of Dr.Georgi Abraham , Consultant
>Nephrologist at the same Hospital. I was on the right
>course of recovery under his able treatment.
>My present problem is how to meet the expenses of my
>post-operation medical treatment in future as it
>involves administration of highly expensive medicines
>like ‘Neoral’ Cyclosporine, ’Cellcept’ etc. As per the
>advise of the doctor, the first month may involved an
>expense of Rs.45000/- and subsequent months involved
>less and less expenses depending on the progress of my
>recovery. Already eight months have passed since I
>underwent kidney transplantation and at present my
>medical bill has come down to Rs 25,000/- per month (
>Around US$ 600 per month ) and my recovery has been
>considerably improved with the periodical tests and
>able advise from Dr T . Ravi Raju, a consultant
>specialist in Nephrology at Apollo Hospital,
>Visakhapatnam who incidentally also is the Professor &
>Head in Nephrology Deptt in Andhra Medical College
>(KGH) , Visakhapatnam. The Doctor told me that I have
>to continue taking particularly two medicines life
>long i.e "Cyclosporine" NEORAL and "cellcept" which
>are expensive drugs in terms of Indian currency. The
>present dosage as per doctors advice is 225 mg of
>Neoral and 1250 mg of cellcept per day along with
>other medicines. The dosage might come down slowly
>depending on my recovery and progress .I am also
>trying for a job here as I am confident of my ability
>as well as health condition for which doctor also
>agreed .But all these efforts may not fully put me in
>a position to meet my medical expenses without the
>help from humanitarian and Kind hearted persons like
>you . I seek and appeal for help preferably by way of
>providing medicines to me mentioned above periodically
>or alternatively financial help, which will certainly
>bestow me a second lease of long sustained meaningful
>life and I shall ever be grateful to you and the ‘God
>Almighty’ in you for such help. We have almost
>exhausted all the known sources of financial help and
>my father may not be able to help much, though he is
>still working on part time jobs of small means. Any
>documents related to operation & hospitalisation will
>be furnished on your request.
>I wish to establish a trust for renal patients at
>vizag with the humanitarian help and assistance
>frompeople like you.
>With regards, Thanking you
>Yours faithfully,
>S.Venkataramana
>Encl:
>Copy of Certificates and discharge summary from the
>Concerened Doctors and Hospital authorities will be
>enclosed for your referance if required..
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