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Urgent assistance needed for a ventilator

A four-year-old girl from Robertsham area is in desperate need of a ventilator.

ROBERTSHAM –  She has a very rare condition called Congenital Central Hypo Ventilation Syndrome, meaning when she is asleep the part of her brain that should be telling her lungs to breathe shuts down and she stops breathing.

She is one of seven people in South Africa with this condition and she needs to be put onto a ventilator at night in order for her to breathe.

Booysens Sector One Neighbourhood Watch has decided to raise funds in order to help this little girl and humbly requests if anyone would like to give a donation towards the ventilator to please do so through their bank account. Alternately please contact the phone numbers below should you know someone who has a ventilator and is not using it.

Account Name: Booysens sector 1 neighbourhood watch
Bank: Nedbank
Branch code: 182505
Account No: 1076445284
Reference: Ventilator project and your name and surname

For more information kindly contact Bhavini 076 688 6043 or Mohamed Kara 071 684 6483.

 

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