Girl with fistula coping well, Mother applauds Mr Price

ALBERT SHARRA


11 year old girl who has been struggling with fistula for over seven years is coping well having undergone the first operation at Mwaiwathu hospital in Blantyre courtesy of international business operator Mr Price.

The girl underwent transverse colostomy whose purpose is to divert the stool from its normal passage to a temporary rectum on the stomach as the doctor’s work on the fistula.

According to one of the gynecologist at the hospital who are helping the girl Dr Edgar Kuchingale the girl is expected to undergo three operations but because she is young the operations have been phased into three to be done on a month interval.

The three phases involves transverse colostomy, repair of anal sphincter muscle and close colostomy.

Ruth Hara, the mother of the girl told Nation on Sunday last Friday that the girl is coping well after the first operation.

“I am happy that she is fine and I am optimistic that the remaining operations will be successful, “she said.

Hara has also applauded Mr Price who has not concentrated on hospital support alone but has touched on the girl’s material support.

According to Hara Mr Price donated clothes, shoes, blankets and some materials that have helped to ease the situation the girl was going through.

She has also held the support other people have rendered to her.

Mr Price chief executive officer Debbie Eve also confirmed the development and said they are committed to provide all necessary support the girl may need and added that the duration of the operation will not affect the sponsorship.

“We are not affected with the duration because we are committed to make sure the girl is fine. We will stick to our promise and make sure the girl gets all the necessary support from us during the entire period of her operation,” she said while confirming that they have spared one million for the girl.

The girl is expected back in hospital on 13 September for the next operation.

Raped by unknown man when she was only three, the girl has struggle for seven years when in toilet with both feacal matter and urine coming out through the same passage.