On 19th of March 2010, Zarith Nadhira went into coma for 2 months due to a mild asthma. Initially she was admitted at Darul Ehsan Medical Centre Shah Alam, subsequently referred to Subang Jaya Medical Centre, was admitted in ICU. Alhamdulillah she woke up ...from coma but was unable to speak or communicate with her parents, relatives & friends. She needs to be fed through a tube at her lower abdomen. Her hands & legs were stiff until today and she needs further medical treatment from specialists at University Hospital. Her diagnosis is Hypoxic Ischaemic Encephalopathy, in simple explanation : brain injury due to lack of oxygen because she had difficulty breathing. Hospital cost for the treatment at Subang Jaya Medical Centre came about RM80,000.00 not to include the cost at DEMC and later some other cost incurred at Sunway Hospital. This time her follow up treatment at Hospital University require intrathecal medications for her spastic episodes which would involve 1) EDM Lumber Drainage Kit, Qty 1 costing RM900.00 per unit 2) IT Baclofen test doses 1ml/vial (50mcg/ml) Qty 3 costing RM115.00 per unit 3)Intrathecal Drug Delivery Package i.e Synchromed Programmable Pump, Two piece catheter kit, Tunnel rod Qty 1 costing RM45,000.00 4)IT Baclofen 20ml/vial (500mcg/ml) Qty 1-2 vials /mth costing RM670 per unit http://www.facebook.com/photo.
