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| Baby Christy with mom and daddy |
Moses Ziyambi
MASVINGO – Over US$10 000 need to be raised urgently to get to an
India hospital a local two-months-old baby who was born with a rare heart
condition, TellZim News can reveal.
India hospital a local two-months-old baby who was born with a rare heart
condition, TellZim News can reveal.
Born at Makurira Memorial Clinic,
Christy Tanyara was soon to be diagnosed with an arterial septal defect known
clinically as truncus arteriosus.
Christy Tanyara was soon to be diagnosed with an arterial septal defect known
clinically as truncus arteriosus.
This basically means that the
walls that separate the two chambers of the heart did not adequately form,
leading to an unhealthy mix up of oxygenated and deoxygenated blood, with the
pulmonary veins draining into the left atrium.
walls that separate the two chambers of the heart did not adequately form,
leading to an unhealthy mix up of oxygenated and deoxygenated blood, with the
pulmonary veins draining into the left atrium.
The doctor who examined her at
Diagnostic Heart Centre in Harare recommended surgery to avoid heart failure.
Diagnostic Heart Centre in Harare recommended surgery to avoid heart failure.
In Zimbabwe, there are neither
the skills nor the equipment needed to conduct the kind of surgical operation
that needs to be done.
the skills nor the equipment needed to conduct the kind of surgical operation
that needs to be done.
Christy’s parents managed to get
a quotation from The Heart Centre hospital in Bengaluru, India, which shows
that US10 250 is required to perform an intra-cardiac repair operation. This
excludes travel and accommodation costs for the parents as well as the child’s additional
hospital stay beyond the estimated number of days.
a quotation from The Heart Centre hospital in Bengaluru, India, which shows
that US10 250 is required to perform an intra-cardiac repair operation. This
excludes travel and accommodation costs for the parents as well as the child’s additional
hospital stay beyond the estimated number of days.
Christy’s parents Tafadzwa
Tanyara and Bridgeter Wapwanyika are low income earners and have no capacity to
raise the money on their own.
Tanyara and Bridgeter Wapwanyika are low income earners and have no capacity to
raise the money on their own.
“We have enlisted the services of
some concerned people to set up a GoFundMe account from overseas but we are
also looking forward to local people helping us because the amount of money we
seek needs everybody to be involved. We have therefore opened bank accounts for
the convenience of locals who want to help,” said Christy’s father Tafadzwa.
some concerned people to set up a GoFundMe account from overseas but we are
also looking forward to local people helping us because the amount of money we
seek needs everybody to be involved. We have therefore opened bank accounts for
the convenience of locals who want to help,” said Christy’s father Tafadzwa.
The baby’s mother, Bridgeter said
she will know no real rest until her baby gets the live-saving heart surgery
she needs.
she will know no real rest until her baby gets the live-saving heart surgery
she needs.
”It has been a difficult two
months for us. We do not have peace of mind but we have hope that generous
people out there will help us give Christy the health she needs to lead a
normal life,” she said.
months for us. We do not have peace of mind but we have hope that generous
people out there will help us give Christy the health she needs to lead a
normal life,” she said.
Those willing to donate can do so
via Tafadzwa Tanyara’s Steward Bank Masvingo Branch Account Number 1007714404
or Bridgeta Wapwanyika’s FBC Bank foreign currency Nostro Account Number
0455113030291.
via Tafadzwa Tanyara’s Steward Bank Masvingo Branch Account Number 1007714404
or Bridgeta Wapwanyika’s FBC Bank foreign currency Nostro Account Number
0455113030291.
The couple can be contacted on +263
772 383 405 / +263 776 685 576.
772 383 405 / +263 776 685 576.
