Cancer patient Prof. Pyakurel seeks support for treatment

By A Staff Reporter,Kathmandu, Mar. 11: Prof. Dr. Urmila Pyakurel has appealed to the public for treatment support.  She has been suffering from breast, ovarian, stomach, liver and lung cancer for the past six years.

Issuing a statement recently, Prof. Pyakurel has appealed to public to donate money as per their capability and help save her life. 

She has been taking expensive medicines which she cannot afford to buy on her own. A dose of medicines she takes every three weeks costs about Rs. 400,000, read her statement.  

Born in Kalika village of Sindhupalchowk district, Dr. Pyakurel  is a professor at the Central Department of Mathematics, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal. She writes literary works under the pseudonym of Madhushree.

She said she spent over Rs. 450 million in Nepal and German for her treatment, and she has been bearing the cost through her research activities.  But now she has not any such fund. 

As suggested by Prof. Dr. Rajendra Baral at Norvic Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal, she must start the Immunotherapy as an important option. Dr. Baral has been treating her for three years. Till date, Dr. Pyakurel has taken 64 doses of Chemotherapy and Radio therapy. 

The Immunotherapy should be taken at least for a year and further as per the effectiveness of the treatment plan, she added.

According to Prof. Dr. Tanka Nath Dhamala, Head of the Central Department of Mathematics, Prof. Pyakurel is not only an outstanding researcher and young scientist, she is very successful in collaborating with international scientific community. Prof. Dhamala, who is also her PhD supervisor, appealed to kindly support for her treatment.  Her brother Rajendra Pyakurel has also requested the community to support her financially.

Anyone willing to support Dr. Pyakurel financially can deposit their sum in the account A/C No. 01715162721 of Siddhhartha Bank, Tinkune, Kathmandu or at  https://gofund.me/59282363.