Frank Orsei is a migrant worker currently in Gwangju Christian
Hospital, he has been in a coma since mid-October. The hospital diagnosed him with symptoms of hydrocephalus (water on the brain).
On November 10th after slowly coming out of a critical period he began to become responsive, though is still unable to breathe for himself and remained unconscious.
Frank's family remain in Ghana, unable to afford the lengthy journey to Korea.
As is typical of migrant workers Frank worked without insurance and he now faces mounting hospital bills. The hospital and government have kindly arranged to pay a portion of the bills, though Frank still faces heavy costs of nearly 16 000 000 Won ($14,200).
If you would like to help Frank out by making a donation please transfer money to 외환은행 (KEB Bank) 040-22-02413-8 to the 광주국제류센터 (The Gwangju International Center - GIC).
The 광주일보 says it's Japanese Encephalitis, from which a Canadian in Seoul died last month.
2 comments:
I'll try to donate 100K to the guy when I get my Shinhan Bank account back online again.
No one should be without insurance in Korea, not with the universal health care set up the way it is. It's bad enough that companies are exploiting these workers with low pay and what amounts to a form of indentured servitude lite... they should at least be paying for their workers' insurance. Good on the hospital and the government that they're helping out a bit.
It's sad to hear about the guy in Seoul dying of Japanese encephalitis. I think someone in one of the dorms here died of encephalitis last year (but it might have been meningitis).
(dorms here in Honolulu)
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