July 29, 2021
Ma Htun is a 60-year-old woman from Thailand who lives with her son. She and her family moved to Thailand from Burma about 17 years ago in search of better job opportunities. Since early 2020, Ma Htun has been retired. She is now a homemaker and takes care of the household chores. In her free time, she forages for vegetables in the forest. She has a daughter who is married and a son who works as a day laborer.
On July 27, Ma Htun was walking home in the rain after visiting a shop to buy food. She slipped and fell and experienced a sharp pain in her right leg. Her son and her neighbor took her to the hospital where an x-ray confirmed that Ma Htun had fractured a bone in her thigh. Currently, she is unable to move her right leg or walk due to pain, and she has difficulty sleeping.
With the help of our medical partner, Burma Children Medical Fund (BCMF), Ma Htun will undergo surgery to reset her fractured bones and ensure proper healing. The procedure is scheduled for July 30th and will cost $1,500. This procedure will help Ma Htun to be free from pain and to walk again.
Ma Htun’s son shared, “I want my mother to receive surgery and get well soon. I feel bad that I cannot afford to pay for her surgery.”
Ma Htun is a 60-year-old woman from Thailand who lives with her son. She and her family moved to Thailand from Burma about 17 years ago in s...
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October 8, 2021
Ma Htun underwent mobility-restoring fracture repair surgery.
Ma Htun had successful surgery and is recovering well! Before her surgery, Ma Htun was unable to move her right leg or walk due to pain and now she is getting around on crutches and soon won’t need them at all. Ma Htun is very happy that she is no longer in pain, and she can sleep well at night. She can start doing some of the housework again. She can also cook, wash her own clothes and she even started foraging vegetables in the forest again too.
In the future, Ma Htun wants to raise some chickens and pigs for her family to eat, once she can afford them.
Ma Htun’s daughter said, “I cannot thank the donors and BCMF enough for helping my mother with our treatment cost. If not for your help, I will be in debt for sure. When I was told that my mother needs surgery and we need to deposit money to the hospital, I was so worried and I was thinking who I should borrow money from to pay for deposit. I also worried how can I pay it back if I borrow a high amount, but when I heard that there is an organization who will help find donors for my mother’s treatment cost, I was so happy and released from my worry. Thank you very much for your help and I will never forget your kindness for helping my family.”
Now that Ma Htun is able to walk and do some household chores on her own, her son is able to find work again. Her son shared, “Thank you very much for your help. If without your help, our family will not be able to afford to pay for my mother’s treatment cost.”
Ma Htun had successful surgery and is recovering well! Before her surgery, Ma Htun was unable to move her right leg or walk due to pain and ...
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