Iluh: August-September 2006

Iluh (9 years old) suffered from a congential bladder extrophy, causing her considerable discomfort and also to be incontinent. Her family is very poor and could not afford treatment for her.

The Foundation sought support from St John of God Hospital Subiaco in Perth, Western Australia, to accept Iluh as a patient and cover the cost of her medical treatment. Paedriatic urologist, Dr Andrew Barker, agreed to perform the operation to improve Iluh’s condition, with assistance from Sydney paediatric urologist, Dr Saeed Ahmed. The Foundation sent Artini, YKI’s Administrative Assistant, to Perth with Iluh to provide extra help.

Garuda Indonesia assisted with discounted tickets to Australia for Iluh, her mother and Artini.

On leaving hospital and before returning to Bali, Iluh and her mother were accommodated and supported by members of the Indonesian community in Perth.

Azhar: June-August 2006

Azhar, a 5-year-old boy from Yogjakarta, suffered severe burns on his lips, chin, neck and chest from boiling oil in a home cooking accident. Burns contractions pulled his chin to his chest and his lower lip to his chin, and made his neck rigid. His jaw was being slowly distorted.

In the Foundation’s plastics clinic of more than 20 children in May 2006, Azhar was the only child our visiting volunteer consultant, Dr Tim Cooper, considered could not be operated in Bali and needed treatment in Australia.

The Foundation sought support from The Mount Hospital in Perth to accept Azhar as a patient and cover the cost of his medical treatment. Garuda Indonesia assisted with tickets to Australia for Azhar and his mother.

Gusti Putu Arnawa: June-August 2006

Gusti Putu Arnawa came to the attention of our Foundation via the Kupu Kupu Foundation. He had been bedridden since becoming a paraplegic after a motorbike accident in 1999, when he was 18 years old. The family had sought help from a traditional healer whose treatment resulted in a total breakdown of the leg tissue and infection, ultimately threatening his life. Medical opinion sought by the Foundation was that his legs needed to be amputated for him to survive and to gain some mobility.

The Foundation organized the amputation operation and Garuda Indonesia flew a specially designed wheelchair for Gusti from Perth for his use following the operation.

The Foundation also gave Gusti a computer which had been donated and one of its donated hydraulic hospital beds for use in his home, complete with overhead structure so he can build up strength in his upper body, and arranged for his house compound to be fitted with a cement ramp and cement flooring.