LINDA SOKO TEMBO writes
THE mother of 11-year-old girl Mercy Kalesa who has medical complications due to suspected elephantiasis vaccine overdose says she is happy that government has shown commitment to help her daughter.
Ms Carol Mweemba told the Sun on Thursday, that she was happy with the indication by Government that it would help in every way possible to improve the health of Mercy.
Mercy, of Nampundwe area, in Sibuyunji District, in January last year, developed serious medical complications which left her paralyzed after a security guard, at a community clinic, reportedly gave her an over-dose elephantiasis vaccine.
She also suffered a constant headache and occasional seizures.
Ms Mweemba explained that a doctor at Levy Mwanawasa Teaching Hospital (LMTH) asked her to write a letter to the Ministry of Health stating the kind of assistance she required over the girl.
She said the family managed to have the letter written and taken to the Ministry of Health and where they were promised it would be responded to after three days.
“We took the girl to LMTH on Thursday for review and the doctor wrote the letter for us so that we could take it to the ministry so that they can assist as in any way,” said Ms Mweemba.
“We managed to take the letter and we were advised that they would get back to us after three days,” she said.
Ms Mweemba said their wish was to see government fulfill their daughter’s dream of going back to school and get an education because they had run out of money to do so as a family.
She thanked government for its efforts and support in ensuring that her daughter got better.
“Mercy is slowly improving but she experiences a lot of seizures, and she troubles us a lot as she would like to go back to School,” Ms Mweemba said.
Ms Mweemba thanked the Sun Newspaper for bringing the story into public domain and encouraged it to continue writing such stories.
