Mst. Lisha K., 12

Mst. Lisha Khatun is a cheerful and courageous 12-year-old girl who lives with her parents and siblings in a family of five, dreaming of returning to school and enjoying a normal childhood. Her father is the family's only earning member, running a small business with a monthly income of approximately BDT 6,000–7,000, which is barely enough to provide food and other basic necessities, leaving the family unable to afford the cost of emergency surgery, ICU care, medicines, investigations, and ongoing rehabilitation. After learning about Helpster Charity through Good Health Hospital, the family sought assistance in the hope of helping Lisha recover from her life-threatening injuries. Despite exhausting their limited savings, they cannot continue her treatment without financial support. Without timely surgery, intensive care, and follow-up treatment, her injuries could have resulted in severe internal bleeding, overwhelming infection, permanent organ damage, respiratory failure, long-term disability, or even loss of life.

According to the treating doctor, emergency exploratory laparotomy is required to manage Mst. Lisha Khatun’s life-threatening traumatic injuries, including the ruptured left hemidiaphragm, liver laceration, and herniation of abdominal organs into the chest. The planned treatment includes reduction of the herniated organs, repair of the ruptured diaphragm and liver laceration, insertion of a left-sided chest drain, followed by ICU care, medications, respiratory support. With timely surgical treatment, Lisha is expected to recover gradually, regain normal organ function. If treatment is delayed or not provided, she may develop severe internal bleeding, respiratory failure, serious infection or sepsis, liver and lung damage, multi-organ failure, permanent disability, or death.