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29 March 2024

Family appeals for help to treat cancer-hit child

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A 12-year-old Iraqi boy suffering from cancer needs to be sent abroad urgently for a bone marrow surgery but his family can not afford the operation as it costs nearly Dh1.6 million, a newspaper reported on Sunday.

“Every day passes, I feel we are losing the chance for my son to live,” his father said. “We appeal for all benevolent people to help my son.”

Hassanain Adel had suffered twice from leukemia but was treated at hospitals in the UAE. Now he is suffering from the disease for the third time and is being treated at the Abu Dhabi-based Gulf Oncology Centre.

But doctors at Dubai Hospital told Emirat Alyoum newspaper the boy needs to be sent to Germany for a bone marrow operation which they said can not be done in the UAE. “Hassanain should have that operation as soon as possible because his life is in danger,” the paper said, citing a Dubai Hospital medical report.

It quoted his father as saying he could not afford the expenses of his son’s treatment abroad as his business has come to a standstill so he can look after Hassanain. “Doctors told us my son needs a bone marrow transplant so the cancer will not return and spread through his body,” the father said.