Rakesh waiting for his mother's kidney [with video]

To those who come home to know the latest news, he shows the photo stuck in the same passport to remind them of the old days.

Rakesh, who worked as a marble mason, was not happy with his earnings. Concerned about the family's poverty, he went to Saudi Arabia to work 13 months ago. His income was 1200 riyals per month. For the first month and a half, the work went well. But when health problems started, he was unable to work. He did not even try to treat the problems of indigestion, stomach ache and heartburn in Saudi hospitals. But the health did not improve. On the one hand, deteriorating health, on the other hand, increasing interest on a loan of 2 lakh 15 thousand rupees taken from a person in the village when he went to Saudi Arabia. Rakesh used to panic when he remembered the interest of Rs 8000 per month on Rs 1 lakh. He returned to the country about 7 months ago after his health deteriorated.

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Even after returning to Nepal, there was no improvement in his health. In the months since his return from there, Rakesh has completely changed. Because his body has no strength now. Hands and feet are starting to dry. Stomach upset. The head looks big. Even though he is bald and dressed in clothes, Jiu himself feels heavy. For 6 months, the hut covered with straw and zinc has become the world for him. Other than going to the hospital for treatment, he is found lying on the bed inside this hut. "It was a good body, now it's dry," said Rakesh.

When he returned to Nepal, his family initially suspected tuberculosis. But after the medical examination, it was found that both his kidneys were damaged. Due to kidney problem, Rakesh is now suffering from heartburn, hacking cough and mouth pain. Nowadays, he goes to Bhairahawa hospital twice a week for dialysis. Even getting there is not easy. Because there is no way for an ambulance to reach his house. So every time Babu Tilakram carries his son Rakesh to the road which is 2/3 km west of the house. Thus, every time he goes to Bhairawa for treatment and returns, he spends three thousand rupees.

His problem doesn't end there. Sometimes you feel as if you can't breathe while lying in bed. At that time he shouts. And that's when her stomach swells. The family members rushed him to the nearby Lavani market to give him oxygen. It costs Rs 500 every time to pump oxygen. "We take loans and donations to the village to get dialysis done," Tilakram said, "Dabai has also stopped working."

Due to Rakesh's deteriorating health, Babu Tilakram has not been able to enter India in search of work. If time had been the same, he would have reached India by now to work in a wood factory. He was earning Rs 12,000 per month. After not being able to raise the expenses for his son's treatment and the debt he incurred after going to Saudi increased, Tilakram sold 3 of the 6 plots of land. Now he doesn't even have the money he got from selling the land. Now she is troubled by the double concern of how to raise her son's medical expenses and what to eat after selling the cultivated land.

Seeing the grief of Rakesh's family, the local Jankalyan Yuva Club also gathered support by making a public appeal. Tilakram said, 'The club contributed 20-21 thousand and the municipality contributed 15 thousand rupees. But that was not enough. So I am in the mood to sell the rest of the land as well.'

Rakesh's mother Ramkanti is ready to donate a kidney for her son. The doctor said that it will cost 5 lakh rupees for the kidney transplant. But they have not been able to manage that amount. Rakesh got out of bed and said, 'If I can raise money, I think that I can live for a while by transplanting my mother's kidney.'