The mother of a young cancer-stricken Abu Dhabi woman has said the window of opportunity to treat her is closing fast even as a match has been found for a potentially life-saving bone marrow transplant (BMT).
Filipina Rosalie Masinas said a long-awaited BMT donor match has finally been found in Sweden for her leukaemia-afflicted daughter Sarah, 20. But the family is unable to arrange the procedure due to a lack of funds.
Leukaemia is an often fatal cancer of the blood cells. Masinas said Sarah’s BMT is expected to cost Dh600,000 to Dh800,000.
The Filipina phone operator said she has managed to raise about Dh40,000 by selling custom-made cancer-awareness T-shirts and another Dh50,000 from contributions.
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