U Aung from Burma raised $1,330 to get healthy.

U Aung
$1,330
raised
$0
to go
Fully funded
U Aung's treatment was fully funded on February 4, 2014.
  • U Aung's story
  • U Aung's update
December 17, 2013

Photo of U Aung post-operation

February 12, 2015

U Aung received surgery to treat an enlarged prostate so he can live a pain-free life.

"U Aung is quite a character and laughs and jokes throughout his interview, a big contrast to how he was before treatment," wrote a staff me...

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U Aung's Timeline

  • December 17, 2013
    PROFILE SUBMITTED

    U Aung was submitted by Jacqui Whelan at Burma Children Medical Fund.

  • January 8, 2014
    TREATMENT OCCURRED

    U Aung received treatment. Medical partners often provide care to patients accepted by Watsi before those patients are fully funded, operating under the guarantee that the cost of care will be paid for by donors.

  • January 22, 2014
    PROFILE PUBLISHED

    U Aung's profile was published to start raising funds.

  • February 4, 2014
    FULLY FUNDED

    U Aung's treatment was fully funded.

  • February 12, 2015
    TREATMENT UPDATE

    We received an update on U Aung. Read the update.

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Nan is a 50-year-old rice farmer from Cambodia. Nan's and his wife have eight children. Four still live at home - one son works in the rice paddies with his parents, and the three youngest children are still in school. His four older children are married but visit the family frequently. Last February, when Nan was on his way home on his motorbike during a rainstorm, he suddenly lost control of the bike on the muddy road. He fractured his left femur, but could not afford to visit the clinic, so he was treated by a Khmer traditional healer. His fractured femur has still not healed. When a bone fracture is untreated, the bone doesn't heal at all, which means that it will remain broken. As a result, Nan continues to have swelling, tenderness, and pain that has worsened over the past ten months. It is difficult for him to walk and he is in constant pain. Nan is embarrassed because he cannot work outside with his wife and son or help to feed his family. Fortunately, surgeons at our medical partner Children's Surgical Centre (CSC) can help. On December 11th, Nan will undergo a fracture repair procedure, which will cost $483. This procedure will fixate his unhealed fracture with an orthopedic nail to help to heal the bone and allow him to walk again. Nan is able to contribute towards the cost of surgery and needs help raising the remaining to fund his procedure. He said, "I hope to be able to walk again after my operation, so I can work to feed my family and send my younger children to school."

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