Sineth is a 21-year-old rice farmer from Cambodia. He has four sisters and two brothers. His parents are also rice farmers. He enjoys reading books in his free time.
When he was 15 years old, Sineth started to recognize his right ear had lost some hearing ability. He put water inside his ear expecting it would improve his hearing but it only worsened, unfortunately. Sineth had an ear infection, which caused the tympanic membrane, or the ear drum, in his right ear to perforate. For this reason, Sineth now experiences ear pain and discharge. He cannot communicate clearly with others because of the hearing loss, and he could not continue in school for another grade year.
Sineth traveled to our medical partner’s care center to receive treatment. On May 5th, he will undergo a myringoplasty procedure in his right ear. During this procedure, surgeons will close the perforation. Our medical partner, Children’s Surgical Centre, is requesting $464 to fund this procedure. This covers medications, supplies, and inpatient care.
“I hope that my ear hearing will be improved after surgery, so I can communicate to my family, and other people as well. I also hope my ear pain and discharge stops. When I am better I want to work harder for my patients at our rice field,” Sineth said.