Path, a 38-year-old farmer from Cambodia, has an open fracture of his right distal tibia and fibula. The fractures were caused by a gunshot wound he sustained from the Thai army when he was crossing the Thai-Cambodian border.
Path is married with one son, and he enjoys watching television and working around his home.
After his injury, Path received some treatment in Thailand before returning to Cambodia and using Khmer traditional medicine, which proved unsuccessful. His wound is painful and produces pus discharge, preventing him from working.
Path then traveled four hours with his brother to reach Watsi’s medical partner, Children’s Surgical Centre (CSC), for treatment. Surgeons at the facility will perform a debridement– a surgical removal of infected and dead tissue– to clean the wound. They will then perform an open reduction internal fixation surgery, during which they will remove the existing hardware from his leg, reset the fractured bones, and add a frame to fix them in place.
Path cannot afford the $405 surgical procedure that he needs to properly repair his broken bones. Let’s help Path raise the required funds so that he can heal and return to his work and family.
