Khaled needs electrocardiogram treatment.
My name is Khaled and I am Palestinian. I am 34 years old. I currently live with my wife and daughter in Egypt. We were forcibly displaced from our home in Gaza from north to south and then to Egypt where I had to pay a sum of money to coordinate the travel and I had to sell my wife's gold to escape death. We were able to escape the genocide in Gaza through the Rafah land crossing. Now we are alive in Egypt, we are stateless and do not know how we will return to "live" in a destroyed country and we do not know anything about our unknown fate there. I am a heart patient who suffers from arrhythmia, a health condition resulting from an irregular heartbeat. This condition can lead to a disturbance in the heart's electricity, which can lead to an increase or decrease in the heart rate, or an irregularity. Electricity on the heart comes at irregular times
The cardiologists in Gaza were scheduled to travel before the war in 2022
1- Performing an implantable defibrillator (ICD)
It is a device that is implanted under the skin near the collarbone, and helps reset the heartbeat regularly, by sending high-energy or low-energy electrical shocks.
2- Ablation / cauterization
During this procedure, the doctor passes one or more tubes called catheters through the blood vessels to reach the heart, containing sensors at the end that may be heated or cold to create small scars in the heart, with the aim of preventing irregular heart signals.
He went to a hospital here in Egypt, I went back and they told me the same as the doctors in Gaza, but unfortunately the operation to implant an ICD costs $11,000 and the removal/cauterization operation costs $6,000
I cannot afford this amount except for your grace and generosity towards me and my family
- My wife is 9 months pregnant and needs food, vitamins, imaging, medical tests, and clothes for the newborn
- My daughter has dental problems that cause her pain and cry every day, and I am unable to go to the dentist.
The rent I rented has accumulated two months of rent because all my money has run out, I cannot do anything, I am helpless and miserable, and the landlord threatens to evict us from the residence if we do not pay the required amount
The condition has become more frequent, I get chest pain, difficulty concentrating, confusion, difficulty exercising. Rapid heartbeat Shortness of breath Dizziness Fainting and feeling faint Chest fluttering
I am trying to find a job in Egypt that suits my health condition but to no avail Due to the current economic conditions in Egypt, in addition to being undocumented and “stateless” as Palestinians from Gaza, just starting to work is a struggle
Please help provide the basics of life for the rest of the year Any amount helps, no contribution is too small or too big. Some of what your donations can provide for my family:
$10 = 1 meal for a family of 3
$20 = Winter clothes for one person
$75 = 1 month of transportation for one family
$100 = 1 month of groceries for a family of 3
$200 = 1 month of rent for one apartment
$11,000 = ICD treatment
$6,000 = Cardiac ablation surgery
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: “Do not delay charity, for it blocks the path of calamity.” (Tirmidhi 6’)
