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Following an afternoon nap patients receive snacks from the parents and staff at the Kyrgyz Republic's Cancer Center. Some begin to look through coloring books and using the crayons that Manas Air Base Outreach Society (MABOS) members gave them. This facility is the only national cancer center in the Kyrgyz Republic, and is one of the MABOS focus group locations. The ward houses 40 patients in 9 rooms, but because of the distance and relative cost to travel there, a parent of each child stays in residence with them for the one-year treatment for various kinds of cancer -- making 80 people in residence. Despite the crowded living conditions, the cancer center is clean and reports a 70% recovery rate of early-diagnosed cancer. Although government funded, the money does not pay for all the costs. Damiria Omoorzakovna, principal and lead doctor, spends most of her time raising funds for the center. Recent donations include from an Italian football captain, for $200,000 in bone marrow operations. Another is $3,000,000 dollars from the Italian government for a new facility, but more is needed to cover the total cost. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Lance Cheung)
| Date Taken: | 03.19.2006 |
| Date Posted: | 04.19.2006 14:03 |
| Photo ID: | 18403 |
| Resolution: | 3814x2784 |
| Size: | 4.45 MB |
| Location: | BISHKEK, KG |
| Web Views: | 35 |
| Downloads: | 8 |
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