Boy, 5, needs urgent overseas treatment

Abdoulie Dem, 5-year old boy, a resident of Nema Kunku in the Kanifing Municipal Council (KMC), urgently needs to undergo overseas medical treatment.

According to a report issued by the Medical Board of the RVTH and signed by Dr Juan Carlos Oteroferras, Abdoulie Dem has been attended to in the Cardiac Clinic at the RVTH in Banjul because he is suffering from one acquired cardiopathy.

The medical report further revealed that examinations were conducted on him and recommendations made for him to go for overseas medical treatment as the necessary facilities are not available at the RVTH as of now.

Malick Dem, father of the 5-year old, told the Daily Observer that the boy was born with the disease. He added that the boy had been admitted at different hospitals throughout The Gambia to no avail.

“The family is too poor to afford the cost of overseas medical treatment. The boy is really suffering and he will need to attend school, but with this poor health he cannot,’’ Mr Dem Senior said.

He, therefore, appealed to the general public to extend generous helping hands to enable his son to regain his health. Anyone interested in helping for the sake of humanity can call the following numbers: Malick Dem on 9820956 or Kumba Jammeh, mother of the child on 7036528.