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Broth­er makes a plead to en­er­gy com­pa­nies to save San­jay

RAD­HI­CA DE SIL­VA

rad­hi­ca.sookraj@guardian.co.tt

They live in Mafek­ing, Ma­yaro, a place where many oil and gas com­pa­nies op­er­ate.

Now rel­a­tives of can­cer-strick­en Ma­yaro youth San­jay Sam­pat are mak­ing a stir­ring ap­peal to en­er­gy com­pa­nies to help save his life.

Thanks to the sup­port of good Samar­i­tans, San­jay has flown to the Max Su­per Spe­cial­i­ty Hos­pi­tal in New Del­hi, In­dia where he is un­der­go­ing treat­ment.

In an in­ter­view on Thurs­day, his broth­er Don­ald Sam­pat said San­jay's can­cer has be­come even more ag­gres­sive.

"San­jay had one dose of chemo and they will give him an­oth­er in a few days. They ran the chemo through his sys­tem for 22 hours and he is re­cov­er­ing. With chemo, all your blood cells and blood count go very low. With­in three weeks, he will get an­oth­er dose of chemo," he ex­plained.

Don­ald added: " They are wip­ing the bone mar­row so he will have to stay in the BMT room for 3 weeks for this treat­ment which is a very crit­i­cal part of the treat­ment."

Once San­jay sta­bi­lizes, Don­ald said he will un­der­go a bone mar­row trans­plant.

"On Fri­day we will get the re­sults to see who is a bet­ter match for the bone mar­row trans­plant, me or my oth­er broth­er and then one of us wiull have to fly to In­dia," Don­ald said.

Dur­ing the treat­ment, Don­ald said San­jay de­vel­oped a slight in­fec­tion on his chest which was treat­ed with an­tibi­otics.

San­jay's par­ents Cha­tram and Shan­ty are with him now and all they can af­ford right now is one month of ac­com­mo­da­tion. Don­ald said sev­er­al fundrais­ers are be­ing held to raise funds.

"I am plead­ing with every­one to please as­sist us. We are in dire need to pay for this treat­ment. We did fundrais­ers be­fore. We have a cur­ry-que on June 25 at Mafek­ing. The Unit­ed Farm­ers are hav­ing a con­cert on the 25th June from 6 pm, at the Re­gent Star ho­tel for the price of $200 which in­cludes din­ner," Don­ald said.

He added that on Ju­ly 9, there will be a bar­beque at Stork com­pound in Point Lisas for $40 per box. 

"The car wash­ing is con­tin­u­ing every week­end in aid of San­jay," he added.

Don­ald said they were thank­ful to every­one who do­nat­ed al­ready.

"It's tough but we think where there is a will there is a way. We are not close to get­ting the fig­ure but we will not give up on San­jay," he added.

San­jay was di­ag­nosed with leukaemia in De­cem­ber 2021. Af­ter un­der­go­ing treat­ment, his face be­came paral­ysed and he lost his abil­i­ty to smile.

Any­one want­i­ng to as­sist San­jay can call 388-7029 or 715-1126 or 792-2134. Do­na­tions can al­so be made to https://fund­met­nt.com/cam­paign/help-save-san­jay-sam­pat. 

De­posits can be made at RBC sav­ings AC#100096170742097 or Re­pub­lic Bank Sav­ings Ac­count #470021929731.