Voice of the Families, Post 36 Ninsimma and Her Mother – CANCaRe Africa
CANCaRe Africa shared on LinkedIn:
“Voice of the families, post 36 Ninsimma and her mother.
Ninsiima Gift is a 15-year-old girl from Rukungiri district, which is 120km away from Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital (MRRH), in Western Uganda.
Gift got sick and was taken to a health center near their home, from where she was referred to MRRH, as explained by the mother: ‘My child started feeling unwell and then I took her to the nearby health center that referred us to the District Hospital and then to Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital.
Before being referred to Mbarara, doctors had told us that they were suspecting her to have cancer, and on reaching Mbarara, they tested the child and found out, indeed, she had blood cancer. It wasn’t good news for me and my child since I had other children to take care of and she was at school, but we were counseled on the need to complete treatment and its benefits.
She agreed to receive treatment, and we’ve now reached a point where we are required to come to the hospital only once a month to pick up treatment. My child is really happy that she is starting school again, and we are eagerly waiting for the day we finish treatment’.
Ninsiima Gift was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia and is now in the long-term maintenance phase of treatment.
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