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Dr Ana Maria de Abaffy Steffens, a plastic surgeon from Caracas, Venezuela, is appealing for help to provide little Edwin with prosthetics.
Due to the dire economic situation in Venezuela, the healthcare sector is facing a shortage of, amongst other things (!), essential medicines. This proved fatal for little Edwin. He was in Cunamá Hospital with a severe infection affecting both his legs. As there was a shortage of the essential antibiotics needed to treat the infection, and Edwin would not have survived the resulting sepsis, the surgeons decided, with a heavy heart, to amputate both his legs…
Edwin now needs to be fitted with prosthetics and receive effective physiotherapy. His parents do not have the money to pay for Edwin’s treatment. Furthermore, the prosthetic limbs must be ordered from Germany, as they are currently unavailable in Venezuela.
Please get involved and support this cause – otherwise Edwin will be left with nothing.