Appeal From Shaikh Mohammad

Appeal from Shaikh Mohammad

Once a sportsman always a sportsman. Shaikh Mohammad Abbas, Maharashtra's former Ranji trophy player (played from 1968-76) has always been an active person even after retiring. Whether playing for the bank or just training kids living nearby, he always found ways to be involved with the game But what do you do when out of the blue comes a thunder-bolt! He had chronic renal failure!!

Mr Abbas' first reaction when he was diagnosed, was of shock disbelief and devastation. He visited his family physician in February during the month of Ramzan as he was feeling weak.

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Routine tests revealed that he was passing proteins in his urine. He was referred to a nephrologist who confirmed it as kidney failure.

Dr Shriniwas Ambike, the nephrologist, advised dialysis twice a week. "Initially it was tough coming to terms with the condition," says Mr Abbas," but now I am used to it." Family members used to accompany him earlier, but now he is able to cope on his own, as " if it was a matter of routine."

He is now waiting for an donor transplant. Two donors had come forward, but were mismatched. Meanwhile the expenses mount, the donors' testing fee, the expenses incurred for dialysis besides the cost for replacement of hemoglobin lost in the process of dialysis.

Mr Madhu Salvi of The Bank of Maharashtra set up a funding account, to help Abbas to meet his medical expenses called the Abbas Sheikh Medical Fund Account.

AC # 95100, Bank of Maharashtra, Bajirao Road Branch, Pune- 411030

He can also be directly contacted at:

Phone No.: 020-6832401

Address: 31/3 Kausar Bagh Housing Society,
Kondhwa Kurd,
Pune 411 048.

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