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People from across Goa have been raising funds to help the family of nine-year-old Sanskruti Kamble from Tuem, who was diagnosed with a rare autoimmune disease called Goodpasture syndrome. The first of its kind in Goa and only the 25th case reported in India, Goodpasture Syndrome (GPS) is a rare autoimmune disease, first discovered by Ernest Goodpasture, an American pathologist in 1919 where antibodies attack the basement membrane in the lungs and kidneys, leading to bleeding from the lungs and kidney failure.
Sanskruti first took ill while answering her final exams in the academic year gone by. Visits to a number of hospitals and several pathological tests later, the rare condition was diagnosed. Treatment, however, is expensive and this is where her family needs support.
Since news of Sanskruti’s illness spread, people from across the state have been helping raise funds to help the family.
On Sunday, businessmen and Congress youth leader Sachin Parab visited the family of Sanskruti and assured to bear her medical expenses for two months.
Parab also assured that he would provide a special bed used in hospitals for the comfort of Sanskruti.
“No person should suffer from such diseases, not even my enemies. In order to cure Sanskruti’s illness as soon as possible, I will provide her family all the help I can,” said Parab while speaking to reporters.
Parab also assured to provide a vehicle if Sanskruti doesn’t have transport facilities to go to the hospital.
