http://www.kantipuronline.com/kolnews.php?&nid=105504 7-year-old Bhawana, brother await helping hands By Sanjeeb Phunyal KATHMANDU, April 3 - Seven-year-old Bhawana Basnet and her 11-year-old brother Bhupi are going through hard times these days, with their mother visiting places for generous hands for the treatment of both the children. Nature is unpredictable and unfortunately, these kids suffer from Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, which requires bone marrow transplantation and can not be treated in Nepal. The doctors at Bir Hospital have referred the siblings to a hospital in Mumbai, India, for the transplant, which costs around seven hundred thousand rupees for each. "I might have to take them hospital anytime to infill them with blood if they vomit blood or anything happens to them," says, Lila Basnet, a single parent. "Doctors have told me to go to India for treatment as soon as possible, but I do not have the means to do so," adds Lila, who is a district health officer. She has not been able to collect the money needed for the treatment of the children. "Mummy, please get me treated any how; I could pay back after I grow up," Lila quotes her son Bhupi as saying, with tears rolling down her misty eyes. Posted on: 2007-04-03 04:15:21 (Server Time)