Twenty days after the Chandigarh Newsline highlighted a nine-year-old poor boy ,Summit,deadly blood disorder,90 donors have come forward with the monetary aid. All thanks to the voluntary donors,that the family has been able to start Summits treatment. Four days ago,his treatment began at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER). After the story about Summits suffering was published in the Newsline on October 24,many individuals came forward and we could start his treatment, said Piyush Jindal,a volunteer who is collecting donations for the boys treatment. So far we have raised nearly Rs 4 lakh but we are still short of Rs 5 lakh. Most of the donors did not want to identify themselves,but helped the poor child. Since the financial help poured in,16 injections have been administered to Summit in four days. His condition is slightly better. Summits father,Karan Kumar,a watchman in a Panchkula society said that the doctors have told him that Summits treatment will continue over a period of two years. Kumar is hopeful that his son will be fine who is is admitted in the Advance Paediatrics Centre (ADC) of the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research,(PGIMER),Chandigarh. We had no money when doctors at PGI informed us that Summit is suffering from life threatening blood disease and a huge money was needed for his treatment. When we were told I got dump stuck as my monthly income was just Rs 3,000. But then there are good people in the world and many came forward for my sons treatment. So I am hopeful that Summit will recover from the deadly disease and might be able to live a healthy life thereafter, he said. According to doctors,Summit was diagnosed as Aplastic anemia in which the bodys bone marrow does not produce sufficient new blood cells to replenish the old ones. The first choice of treatment with us was bone marrow transplant but the match provided by the family did not help in that procedure. We have now started the treatment with Immunosuppressive combination of Anthitymoctye Globulin (ATG). The boy is under constant observation, said a doctor treating Summit.
