The stories of our patients that receive charity are often similar; they have no education, no work, and lack health. Today, we discharged a Save-A-Life patient with a somewhat different story.
About 10 years ago Bekuma served the Ethiopian Army as a soldier. While fighting on the boarder of Eritrea he received a bullet wound to his abdomen. He had abdominal surgery at a border-land hospital and was sent home to Gimbie. After he recovered, Bekuma found work on a day to day basis. His wife Alemtsehay also worked as a daily laborer but stopped when she became pregnant with their first child.
Since then, Bekuma has felt the continuous responsibility of feeding his wife and three daughters. Often, Alemtsehay will leave the girls with a neighbor to find miscellaneous work for more desperately needed money.
Despite their poverty, symptoms of severe abdominal pain, vomiting blood and fever, motivated Bekuma to come to Gimbie Adventist Hospital . He was seen by Dr. Priscila, our general practitioner, and referred to Dr. Khalid, our surgeon after it was found that his previous wound had herniated. Dr. Khalid performed an emergency hernia repair.
Bekuma is grateful for the treatment he received at Gimbie Adventist Hospital. He acknowledges that it is God’s providence that allowed him to receive medical treatment. Gimbie Adventist Hospital is thankful that God has blessed the hospital with generous friends and family.