A charity has thanked generous Gazette readers who donated money to pay for an African mum’s life saving surgery.
Gobi Roubayath, 34, has successfully undergone an urgent operation for a hysterectomy.
Despite also having a small part of her bowel removed, she is making a steady recovery at home.
Gobi is the wife of Vincent Roubayath, who works as a translator for Thorpe-based charity Benin Christian Support.
The foundation issued an appeal back in July to Gazette readers to help cover the £1,015 cost of Gobi’s operation and after securing funding, the charity has revealed the kind donations of readers has also helped to secure another life-saving operation for a sick patient in Benin.
Treasurer Maureen Sanders said: “The total donated was £1,225, of which BCS paid £1,015 for the operation and medicines.
“During the time of this emergency we received another urgent call to help for 25-year-old Bernadette. She suffers from severe epilepsy and is almost blind with advanced glaucoma. She was in a bad way with a very high fever and other issues.
“Because of the generosity of Gazette readers, contributing such a wonderful total for Gobi we were able to pay the extra £210 from our medical emergency fund, which enabled Bernadette to receive the help she so urgently needed.”
Ms Sanders added: “Benin Christian Support would like to thank all the Gazette readers who responded to our recent appeal for donations to help Gobi have the operation she so desperately needed.”
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