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Dr Ana Maria de Abaffy Steffens, a plastic surgeon from Caracas, Venezuela, is appealing for help to provide a prosthesis for little Edwin.
Due to the dire economic situation in Venezuela, the healthcare sector is lacking, amongst other things (!), essential medicines. This proved fatal for little Edwin. He was in hospital in Cunamá with a severe infection in both 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 is now to be fitted with prostheses and receive effective physiotherapy. His parents do not have the money for this. Furthermore, the prostheses 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.
