These patients have agreed to share their stories with you. For their privacy, we’ve changed their names.
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Patient Story: Omari
Omari is a 40 year old male with HIV and diabetes. He was diagnosed with an abdominal tumour 10 years ago and underwent surgery. After the surgery he became partially paralysed; the exact cause of this is unknown but may be due to spinal cord compression from spinal metastases (secondary cancer). The Hospice Ethiopia team Read more
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Ayana’s Story
Ayana (not her real name) is a 38 year old Christian Orthodox woman, who was diagnosed with HIV 9 years ago. She has been prescribed Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) for her HIV disease which she gets free from the local health centre. Three years ago she was diagnosed with vulval cancer and subsequently received Read more
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Abay’s story
Abay (not his real name) is a 76 year old man with advanced liver cancer and kidney failure. There is no surgery available in Ethiopia for this condition so the only option for him is to receive management of his symptoms so that he will die peacefully. He has suffered from recurrent ascites (fluid collecting Read more
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Abena’s Story
Abena (not her real name) is a 38-year-old married lady with breast cancer. On her first visit Nurse Filagot from Hospice Ethiopia carried out a full assessment of her needs. She had been seen by her local health centre several months ago when the diagnosis had been made but had declined further investigations and treatment. Read more
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Neela’s Story
Neela is 60 and has been a widow for many years. She lives alone and has 3 surviving adult sons, however her only daughter pre-deceased her. Her neighbours care for her. She has longstanding diabetes and developed low abdominal pain 5 years ago. She was diagnosed with cervical cancer and treated with radiotherapy at the Read more
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Makda’s story
Makda is 40 and has breast cancer (the most common cancer in Ethiopia). Following her diagnosis, she received surgery followed by chemotherapy. However, the chemotherapy had to be discontinued as government funding for the Taxol was stopped. To control her pain she was prescribed tramadol and amitriptyline until tramadol also became unavailable for a while. Read more
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