The news keeps getting better for baby Songezo Mbambo and his mother.
|||The news keeps getting better for baby Songezo Mbambo and his mother after receiving donations from readers and assurances by the uMzimkhulu Municipality that the family’s dire housing situation would be addressed.
The Sunday Tribune first reported on Songezo in April after the tips of his fingers and toes were amputated in March after gangrene set in.
He had suffered hypovolomic shock, which reduced the blood flow to his extremities as a result of late treatment for gastroenteritis.
Now more readers have come to his aid.
Linda and her husband, Dr Ray Rethman, have offered to help him with his wound healing through laser treatment.
Rethman, a chiropractor in uMhlanga, has offered to provide therapy using a Bioflex laser, which is highly effective in wound healing. The treatment would also help prevent further damage.
“He has to start the treatment as soon as possible to prevent further deterioration, and to accelerate the healing process.
“It’s safe, curative, is excellent for pain relief, and it promotes new cell growth, as well as the promotion of angiogenesis – the formation of new blood vessels.”
A single treatment costs R400, but Rethman said he would treat Songezo free of charge.
“He will need between 10 and 20, depending on the severity, and will need to see me at least three times a week,” he said.
As Rethman’s practice is in uMhlanga, there was the issue of how to get Songezo and his mother there from uMzimkhulu.
Linda has since arranged transport with the uMzimkhulu Municipality, which has agreed to transport Songezo to uMhlanga three times a week.
Treatment should start soon. - Sunday Tribune
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