Please help Raj Kumar Shrestha's

Kidney Transplant

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On bhai tika day, I called my cousin (who I put Bhai-Tika with) to wish her for the occasion, to my utter surprise she told me that her own brother (Raj Kumar dai) was on ICU. No one knew for sure what was wrong with him. Few days later, he was diagnosed with chronic kidney failure at stage V. I couldn’t believe it. I don’t think any one could have.

Raj Kumar dai was role model of my life in many sense. When I needed my own name to be admitted to school, my mom named me ‘Raj Kumar’ too because she was so inspired to see him excelling in school that one day she wished I was like him.

Later in years, my mom’s wishes became my wishes too. We used to play cricket in his tole, and he was so good at both batting and bowling that I wished I could play like him too. We used to sit together to watch movies, and he knew so much about them that I wished I knew as much as he did. He started going to college, and I too started dreaming of going to college one day. Just being who he is, he inspired change in my life.

But, today knowing my cousin is fighting with his own life gives me immense pain. Knowing my mama, maiju and their happy family won’t be same again is heart aching. So, I started thinking of ways I could help them, and this is how I formed this webpage with the help of my friend.

I work at SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY as Radiologic Technologist. I consulted Raj Kumar dai’s medical reports to residents at the University hospital namely Dr. Binaya Khanal, Dr. Ashish Maskey and Dr. Bhaja Om Shrestha. They all have given common suggestion for immediate kidney transplant as the best option.

Since I relayed that message to my sister they have been working on Raj Kumar dai’s kidney transplant, but the progress is very slow. The major obstacle is of course the financial condition. Dai’s primary doctor Dr. Sujata Pokhrel has referred him to the hospital in India where he was told that it would cost 700,000 IC (Indian Currency) for the transplant and other medical charges including for the donor as there was no matching donor among the family members. However, dai has been against the idea of transplant because there is no way his family can arrange that much of money.

For all these reasons and for the cause of humanity, I have set up this webpage so that we can help him for his kidney transplant. I request families, friends, relatives, and Nepalese community to come together for this noble cause. He is one of us. He has so much to live for, so many dreams to fulfill and so many responsibilities towards his family. We can give him that chance.

Donations towards Raj dai's Kidney Transplant could be made by clicking the "Donate" button above or by mailing a check payable to "Raj Kumar Kidney Fund" to the following address:

Raj Shrestha

153 Fellows Ave.

Syracuse, NY 13210

USA

For people in Nepal, donation can be deposited directly to Raj Kumar Dai's account in Nepal Industrial & Commerce (NIC) Bank at Kamladi in account number 10538KB.