My daughter Razan is 10 years old. She already spent a year and a half receiving treatment at 57357. She still has another year and a half to go. My daughter suffers from Leukemia which will necessitate 120 chemo sessions over 3 years. It is a long and difficult treatment journey during which children are exposed to many crises because of side effects of the disease and treatment and low immunity. The Emergency unit is responsible for dealing with any such crises the children go through.
As soon as Razan started taking the chemo, her condition improved. Around the time of her 19th session, she suddenly developed high fever, shivers and convulsions which compelled us to take her to the Emergency unit. She was in a critical condition that necessitated a rapid and precise intervention. The Emergency unit team put her on artificial respiration and gave her anti-convulsion treatment after which they transferred her to the critical care section.
A CT scan of the brain as required by consultants revealed that she had a fungal abscess which needed to be removed on the spot. She went to surgery, the abscess was successfully removed and her condition greatly improved. Subsequently, she needed to take a very costly medication for a period of 6 months, the cost of which (box for L.E. 20,000) was fully assumed by the hospital.
After removal of the abscess, Razan resumed her chemo sessions. She still has 60 sessions to complete the treatment of leukemia which is terribly expensive but thank God for the Hospital which bears all the cost. Me and a host of other mothers of leukemia patients have high hopes in their recovery
Dr. Ahmed Emad, head of the Emergency department affirms that Emergency unit cases are very often serious and critical cases that have to be dealt with very rapidly and with great care. Hospital 57357 is committed to the upgrading and expansion of the unit to meet the increase in emergency cases which amount to 2000 cases monthly. The speed in decision making to save critical emergency cases reduces mortality rate, intensive care admission rate, and also reduces the patient’s hospitalization period.
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