These patients have agreed to share their stories with you. For their privacy, we’ve changed their names.
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Patient Story: Heywot
Heywot was diagnosed with breast cancer 5 years ago in hospital and was offered chemotherapy and a mastectomy. However, she declined both these treatments, and she now has an extensive open breast wound. A local organisation had offered to fund chemotherapy this year, but she again declined treatment. Local people in her community told her… Read more
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Patient story: Genzeb
Genzeb* is a 45 year old woman with cervical cancer which was diagnosed 4 years ago. She received radiotherapy as surgery was not an option. Since receiving radiotherapy she has become incontinent and has radiation induced colitis (damage to the large intestine)**. 3 weeks prior to our visit she had received a 2 unit blood… Read more
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Patient video: Kalkidan
Kalkidan, a patient of Hospice Ethiopia in Addis Ababa talks about her diagnosis and the difference that the care she has received from Hospice Ethiopia has made to her life. Please note permission is sought prior to taking all photographs and videos. Names have been changed to protect privacy. Our thanks to Alan Miller for producing… Read more
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Patient story – Afework
Afework is a 60 year old Christian Orthodox man with throat cancer. It was diagnosed a year ago when he noticed discharge from his nose. Following diagnosis, he received 34 treatments of radiotherapy and 8 cycles of chemotherapy. Initially, post-treatment, he had severe radiotherapy burns to his neck (we were shown a photo) and the… Read more
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Patient story: Yosias
Yosias is a 70-year-old man who follows the Christian Orthodox religion. He lives with his wife and has three grown-up children, who visit occasionally. His diagnoses include leprosy (of which his wife is unaware), asthma and hypertension which caused a stroke leaving him bed-bound in a small room for the last 9 years – he… Read more
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Patient story: Berknesh
Berknesh is a 40 year old woman who was diagnosed with HIV 4 years ago, not long after her husband died (he was 30 years older than her). He was Romanian and they had met at the Romanian embassy where they both worked. After their marriage, they lived in a comfortable house, with nice clothes… Read more
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