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    5-YEAR-OLD ANUSHIK'S CONDITION GETTING WORSE. NOT ENOUGH MONEY FOR SURGERY

    epress.am
    12.02.2011

    To date $10,000 USD have been transferred to the bank account opened
    two and a half months ago to help five-year-old Anushik who has been
    diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia (AML), Anushik's father, Sergei
    Hayrapetyan told Epress.am.

    "The only possibility of saving the child today is an immediate bone
    marrow transplant, for which we have not only insufficient funds but
    also no hope that a businessman or wealthy philanthropist will be found
    in Armenia who will help in securing treatment for my child abroad,"
    he said.

    The cancer that was found in Anushik's body when she was just
    three-and-a-half years old had been a surprise for her parents and
    relatives.

    "After getting treatment at the Haematology Center named after
    Professor R. Yeolyan, the disease went into remission and we brought
    the child home. In the fifth month of the [induction] phase, the
    disease resurfaced and the only way to save her remained - a bone
    marrow transplant. In Germany, the child has an 80% chance of survival,
    but only if the operation is carried out now," said Anushik's father.

    Hayrapetyan described how he sent open letters to Armenian President
    Serzh Sargsyan, businessman and Prosperous Armenia party leader Gagik
    Tsarukyan and several other wealthy individuals in the country;
    however, there has been no response, while the child's condition
    worsens day by day, he said.

    "The largest amounts were transferred to the account by Moscow
    resident Gevorg Halabyan, about $1,000, and employees of HSBC bank,
    684,000 [Armenian] drams [$1,800 USD]. The Armenian organization
    'Give Life' has promised to transfer $10,000 USD to Anushik's account,
    a German organization will also transfer the same amount of money to
    the account of the clinic where the operation will take place. Many
    have given small amounts, but for treatment, we need large amounts,
    which we don't have today.

    "There has not yet been any support from the state or the Ministry of
    Health. It's been a year and seven months that we've been in hospital -
    the child has never received any free medical assistance. We pay for
    all hospital services. The medication for treatment we've received
    from Germany," he said.

    Photo and video by civic initiative group We Won't be Silent.




    From: A. Papazian
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