Hope for Mahesh - Liver Transplant
Donation protected
Sept 28th, 2018
This 21-year-old young man in the picture is Mahesh, a classmate of my son, Rohit. A few days back the Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University declared the first year MBBS results. Unfortunately, Mahesh did not pass in all 3 subjects. Being a medical educator, I realize the enormity of the syllabus to be covered, a vocabulary of over 10,000 new medical terminologies and the brevity of time allotted to prepare for these arduous exams. For a young kid out of high school, this can be overwhelming.
Mahesh’s mom broke into a loud sob when I called her this morning choking in her own tears. She was outside the ICU at Apollo Hospitals, Greams Road, Chennai waiting for Mahesh who is on a ventilator since his liver has failed slipping into a hepatic coma. A few months ago he was sitting behind my son’s desk in class at Tagore Medical College, Chennai with a satisfaction that he is right on track with a passion and mission to serve humanity and well on his way to becoming a doctor after qualifying the all India NEET exam. I don’t know what went through this young man’s mind when he heard he didn’t pass first-year MBBS that he took the drastic decision of consuming poison. And we hear he probably thought his lower-middle-class farming family could not afford another 7 Lakhs per year to redo his first-year exams !!!
I cannot even imagine the state of his mom who is at the brink of losing her son unless he gets a liver transplant in the next 24 hours! It is unimaginable to raise 30 lakhs for a middle-class family in 24 hours while trying to wrap their heads around the fact that their lil’ boy is struggling for breath in the ICU. I don’t know whether young Mahesh was right or wrong but I know it was a young heart that wanted to serve fellow human beings. Can we be human enough to give a helping hand to this hurting family and save this young doctor in the making? There is still HOPE for Mahesh. Each one of you can be that hope for him.
If you are in the US – you can click on the Donate Button – A 100$ or more will go a long way to help this family in dire need
If you are in India – see details to transfer below
Appreciate your time and hope,
Dr. Mary June Iruthayanathan MBBS, PhD (USA)
[email redacted]
Cell +1-973-234-3800
Whatsapp 91-9003271258
Account Name : Palanivel (Mahesh’uncle)
Account Number : 11085469314
Bank – SBI Venkatesapuram branch, Perambalur
IFSC Code – SBIN0000796
MICR Code : 621002002
Branch Code : 000796
This 21-year-old young man in the picture is Mahesh, a classmate of my son, Rohit. A few days back the Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University declared the first year MBBS results. Unfortunately, Mahesh did not pass in all 3 subjects. Being a medical educator, I realize the enormity of the syllabus to be covered, a vocabulary of over 10,000 new medical terminologies and the brevity of time allotted to prepare for these arduous exams. For a young kid out of high school, this can be overwhelming.
Mahesh’s mom broke into a loud sob when I called her this morning choking in her own tears. She was outside the ICU at Apollo Hospitals, Greams Road, Chennai waiting for Mahesh who is on a ventilator since his liver has failed slipping into a hepatic coma. A few months ago he was sitting behind my son’s desk in class at Tagore Medical College, Chennai with a satisfaction that he is right on track with a passion and mission to serve humanity and well on his way to becoming a doctor after qualifying the all India NEET exam. I don’t know what went through this young man’s mind when he heard he didn’t pass first-year MBBS that he took the drastic decision of consuming poison. And we hear he probably thought his lower-middle-class farming family could not afford another 7 Lakhs per year to redo his first-year exams !!!
I cannot even imagine the state of his mom who is at the brink of losing her son unless he gets a liver transplant in the next 24 hours! It is unimaginable to raise 30 lakhs for a middle-class family in 24 hours while trying to wrap their heads around the fact that their lil’ boy is struggling for breath in the ICU. I don’t know whether young Mahesh was right or wrong but I know it was a young heart that wanted to serve fellow human beings. Can we be human enough to give a helping hand to this hurting family and save this young doctor in the making? There is still HOPE for Mahesh. Each one of you can be that hope for him.
If you are in the US – you can click on the Donate Button – A 100$ or more will go a long way to help this family in dire need
If you are in India – see details to transfer below
Appreciate your time and hope,
Dr. Mary June Iruthayanathan MBBS, PhD (USA)
[email redacted]
Cell +1-973-234-3800
Whatsapp 91-9003271258
Account Name : Palanivel (Mahesh’uncle)
Account Number : 11085469314
Bank – SBI Venkatesapuram branch, Perambalur
IFSC Code – SBIN0000796
MICR Code : 621002002
Branch Code : 000796
Organizer
Latha Narayannan
Organizer
Fremont, CA
