Cancer patient appeals for help from public

Tonight a mother of two is asking the public’s assistance to access badly needed but costly treatment abroad. Thirty-eight year old Chriselda Ramirez was diagnosed with cervical cancer two months ago and is urgently in need of both chemo and radiation therapy, which are unavailable in Belize. Ramirez, who was released from the K.H.M.H. on Monday, says since her diagnosis she has been unable to work. Tonight she is hoping the public will aid her in the life and death situation.

Chriselda Ramirez, Diagnosed with Cervical Cancer
?I get sick in June, I visit the doctor, and then I get to find out that I diagnosed with cancer in August. And when I visit the doctor, I get sick in the hospital. The doctor told me Saturday that I need to go to Merida, it?s urgent.?

?I di beg pan the public if they could donate me, help me fi get cross a Merida. I beg from the government of Belize, the Prime Minister of Belize, I beg pan the Minister of Health, I beg pan Ralph Fonseca, I beg pan mi area representative Cordel Hyde and I beg pan the Minister of Tourism with the public fi help me support me through mi sickness. I diagnosed with cancer.?

Kendra Griffith, Reporting
?Do you know how much money you will be needing for treatment??

Chriselda Ramirez
?Well they tell mi fi start with I need like fifteen thousand dollars, but I have to continue follow up with the treatment.?

Persons wishing to assist Chriselda Ramirez can a make at deposit at St. John’s Credit Union account number 12656 or call 603-2905.