A young woman with congenital heart disease who couldn’t afford operation charges had a successful heart surgery and was able to live fully for her life thanks to the help by donors.
She is an 18-year-old woman from Theinla village in Myaungmya Township and a chronic patient with a congenital heart disease (Atrial Septal Defect), being tired whenever she makes a movement.
Her parents, who are farmers, sold their property and earned K 2.5 million. Then they came to the Presiding Sayadaw of the Pyinmana Sangha Hospital, Dr. Than Min Htut said through his social media page.
“When I first met her, she was quite out of breath. Her lips were blue. I didn’t need to listen with a stethoscope to hear her fast beats. I could tell by looking at her upheaving blouse. Even if she walked, she started to get out of breath within a few steps. She said she was tired even when she walked between home and school,” he said.
As her disease needs a surgery, a place for operation was inquired and they would need about K 6 million for it, he said.
“She got only K 2.5 million, It is not enough. It won’t be easy to go home and earn the rest K 3.5 million. But she was lucky. One of my Facebook friend, Aye Thi, who works in Singapore, gave K 3 million to me to donate to a patient in need. When she explained to him, my friend also donated the remaining K 500,000,” he wrote.
Afterwards, the operation on the heart of the young woman was successful, and the patient has regained a normal healthy life to live to the full capacity, according to the doctor’s post.
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