–to make life bearable for ailing teenage daughter

LIFE for 14-year-old Vinita Dowlatram is very difficult, and unlike teens her age, she doesn’t get to do much for herself and is considered a shut-in because of her ailment.
She’s also very dependent on her parents, as she’s not able to do much on her own.

Her mother, Nandranie Motilall, told the Guyana Chronicle that Vinita was born with a hole

in her heart, and has been on medication ever since.

To make matters worse, the Non Pariel resident said when the child was 12, she fell in school, injuring herself further, and has since had to stay at home.
Then there’s a problem with her medication, which has, over the years, caused her heart to become enlarged and her arteries smaller.

Vinita survives on oxygen, since she cannot breathe on her own, and can only eat crushed foods.

And whenever she needs to go from one point to the next, she has to be assisted lest she becomes weak and lapse into unconsciousness.

She’s currently a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), where she attends clinic every three months, and where, during a recent visit, she was given a wheelchair but asked to return it.

Fortunately for her, however, Food for the Poor Inc. Guyana stepped in last Thursday and gave her a brand new wheelchair, for which her parents are eternally grateful.

Nandranie said she and her husband were told that little can be done for Vinita, as because of the seriousness of her condition, she cannot undergo any surgery.

She said that whenever Vinita has cause to go out of the house, she has to carry with her portable oxygen, a cylinder of which lasts only two hours and costs $12,000 to refill.
Thankfully, a Christian church in the Non Pariel neighbourhood recently stepped in and not only presented her with a larger oxygen tank, but also offered to refill it every month.

Nandranie said that in light of her daughter’s condition, she cannot go out and work, because she has to be around all the time to tend to her.

Her husband, Ramphal Dowlatram, on the other hand, is a labourer. And he, too, has his own medical problems to contend with, as he’s a diabetic.

Nandranie said she receives $7,500 in public assistance every month, but there’s only so much she can do with it, given Vinita’s medical needs.

As such, the family is asking for assistance, be it cash or kind. Their bank account is: 001012053017. They can also be contacted on: 270-4385 or 683-4595.