Bone Cancer
DILI, EAST TIMOR- APRIL 20: Family members of Olinda Mendes, 19, mourn her death as her body arrives from the hospital April 20, 2012 in Dili, East Timor. Olinda died of advanced stages of bone cancer, and due to limited medical health care in East Timor, there was no way to get Olinda to get proper advanced medical treatment to treat her. She lived her remaining days at the Bairo Pite Clinic (BPC) where she received free medical care. The clinic serves as a full service acute care clinic. East Timor is plagued by many health issues where diseases like resistant and non-resistant forms of malaria, variants of dengue fever and tuberculosis are common. East Timor is one of the world's poorest nations and life expectancy is 62 years, with forty five per cent of children in Timor underweight for their age. Overall, 41 per cent of East Timorese live below the national poverty line. Despite significant improvements, health status in Timor-Leste is poor. Low rates of use of public health services present a major challenge to improving the health of the people of the country.
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There were three of us that got cancer around the same time ... They both had bone cancer and one has since died. ... It just seems like a lot when you look at just 35 homes in the area.
It makes it hard for us to digest food and can lead to heart problems and obesity ... It can lead to an increase in bone cancer, especially in young boys.
There was no one else in my family to earn a living. I was suffering from bone cancer and had spent a lot of money on my treatment. Other members of my family were ill too and I began working as a fisherman to pay off my debtsMore quotes »
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