A Quechua man draws hope
Don David is a simple mountain farmer and he knows exactly what it means to “eat your bread by the sweat of your brow”. This has been written in the Book of Books since time immemorial. His autoimmune disease (sclerodemia) has a major impact on his life. Open ulcers on both legs made working in the fields a torture. His granddaughter occasionally took him to the mission hospital for treatment. When he walked slowly through the corridor to Dr. Martina John’s surgery, he always leaned on his rustic wooden stick.
In his case, the treatment of scleroderma was not easy. The resistant germs in his miracles also required a combination of antibiotics, which affected his kidneys. Without hospitalization with monitoring in a hospital bed, it would no longer work. But when Don David heard this, he cried heartbreakingly. “My children told me they don’t have the money for hospital treatment. What am I supposed to do?”
David has been in the infirmary for a week now. Good food, regular wound cleaning, laboratory checks and intravenous medication have significantly improved his condition. He has still cried several times because of the bill, although Dr. Martina John has assured him time and time again that the hospital will cover the costs. He is slowly beginning to trust my wife.
As our patients pay on average only a third of the real market prices, every patient is actually supported financially by Diospi Suyana. But some, like Don David, get the complete package for free. And it is precisely for poor people like him that we founded the Diospi Suyana Hospital. And it is enormously satisfying for us to see that our model of a charity hospital has worked so well for 18 years. This total dedication was not just for a few, but for hundreds of thousands of people who knocked on our door seeking help. We thank God for this and, of course, our donors all over the world. /KDJ
