The China Medical University (CMU) Hospital in Taichung is looking for volunteers who speak Arabic to serve as "bridges" between a Sudanese family and its medical team as the hospital prepares to perform an operation on a Sudanese boy with an immune system genetic disorder that is threatening his life.
Four-year-old Anuur is scheduled to arrive in Taiwan early next month with his parents to receive an umbilical cord blood transplant operation at the hospital.
Anuur has aplastic anemia, a genetic disease which claimed his older brother's life when he was just six-and-a-half years old.
Anuur's trip to Taiwan has been made possible by the strenuous efforts of Taichung resident Tsai Yi-man (蔡苡蔓), who is married to a Sudanese man.
She heard about Anuur's situation when she visited her husband's country last month.
After learning that Anuur was racing against time and had no chance of receiving a cord-blood transplant anywhere in Sudan, Tsai contacted CMU Hospital to inquire about the possibility of performing the transplant there.
She also raised funds to buy round-trip plane tickets between Sudan and Taiwan for Anuur and his parents.
CMU Hospital agreed to make arrangements for the life-saving transplant, arranged dorm accommodation near the hospital for Anuur and his parents, and asked a local mosque to offer assistance to the family during their stay.
According to hospital officials, it will take at least four months from the date of surgery for the team to determine whether the transplant was successful, meaning that Anuur will stay at the hospital for at least four months following the operation.
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