Vireak is a 1-year-old baby boy from Cambodia. He is the first child in his family. Vireak’s mother works in a factory, and his father is a farmer who also sells plastic materials. Vireak enjoys playing with toys, eating, sleeping, and watching cartoons on a phone.
In May, Vireak was burned by hot water on both of his hands. He received treatment in the aftermath of the burn at a hospital for 20 days. Now, he still has scar contractures on the middle finger of his right hand and the middle and ring finger of his left hand. These burn contractures make it difficult for him to move his fingers and hands normally. A contracture release and full thickness skin graft procedure will be performed on both hands to alleviate this problem.
When Vireak learned about our medical partner, Children’s Surgical Centre (CSC), his family traveled for three hours seeking treatment. On December 2nd, surgeons at CSC will perform a burn contracture release surgery to allow him to use his hands again. Now, he needs help to fund this $477 procedure.
Vireak’s mother shared. “I am worried his hand will get worse if we can not fix this now. I hope he does not need any more operations.”