By Samuel Borlay
“I have had to drop out from the Lofa County University because of my son’s illness, and things are just getting tougher because I can’t afford his treatment,” John Hena explains his ordeal in tears.
KOLAHUN—John Hena dropped out from the Lofa County University in order to raise fund for his nine years old son, Ngaima K. Hena who had been diagnosed with cancer. To date, John Hena says he has spent more than $500 USD on various medical expenses related to his son’s condition. The grieving father hopes someone of God’s heart could take full responsibility of his son’s treatment. “I would be eternally grateful if someone with God’s heart were to help me shoulder the medical bills of my son”, Hena pleaded.
In an emotional interview with the Rural Reporters News Network, Hena recounted how his son’s health struggles began over a year ago. “My son, Ngaima started experiencing unusual symptoms affecting his nails”, Hena narrates. At this point, Hena said he took his son, Ngaima to the Kolahun referral hospital, where doctors recommended, they seek advanced treatment at the John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital (JFK) in Monrovia.
At JFK, Hena was told that his son is suffering from a sickness called T Cell Lymphoma, and would need to raise about US$1,000 for the treatment of his 9-year-old son, Ngaima. $1,000 is the amount Hena said he cannot afford amid abandoning school to seek medication for his son.
The journey to Monrovia for Ngaima’s medical tests was tensed with challenges, according to Hena. “It was a serious hardship for me to get to Monrovia,” Hena explained. After undergoing the necessary tests at JFK, the heartbreaking diagnosis of T Cell Lymphoma was confirmed to Hena.
The cost of treatment is a staggering $1,000 United States Dollars, a sum Hena finds nearly impossible to raise. He has made several appeals for help from the government, charitable individuals, and international NGOs to aid in saving his son’s life, but yet to get a respond. “I have had to drop out of Lofa County University because of my son’s illness, and things are just getting tougher because I can’t afford his treatment,” he said, struggling to hold back tears.
To date, Hena says he has spent more than $500 USD on various medical expenses relating to his son’s condition. He expressed his desperation, stating, “he would be internally grateful if someone could help him raise the needing funding for his son’s treatment”.
Those willing to assist John Hena can reach out through this phone numbers 077-0022-197/088-346-994 or local community channels to offer support or donations for Ngaima’s treatment.
