Big Favour: A wife's desperate plea to save her husband
The end of this emotional story is enough to bring you to tears...
In case you missed Wednesday's Big Favour, take a listen to it in the podcast then read more below:
Floyd needed dialysis, so Julia took out medical aid at a cost R1,600 per month.The waiting period was one year, and in the mean time, Floyd was in urgent need of dialysis. To do this privately, the costs were exorbitant. Each session cost R1,200 and Floyd required at least two sessions per week.
Just to insert the line for dialysis cost R19,000, which Julia managed to pay, but the actual weekly cost of the dialysis was just completely out of Julia's reach. Julia pleaded, asking me to even find someone who could help pay for one session of dialysis, as she had to pay cash for each session until the medical aid kicked in.
Being the sole supporter in her family, Julia had used all her savings to pay for the dialysis Floyd had already had.
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I made contact with Ahmed Al-Kadi Private Hospital and together with the Islamic Medical Association of South Africa, this incredible team of people committed to sponsoring Floyd with a year of dialysis.
In what came as a shock, we heard on Sunday morning that Floyd had passed away, and from all of us at East Coast Radio, we wish to offer our condolences to Julia and her family. At the same time, we would like to thank Ahmed Al-Kadi and the Islamic Association of South Africa for being so willing to assist us with Julia's request.
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May Floyd's soul rest in peace.