This is an appeal to donate for Miss Anju Mohan, a 16 yr old girl diagnosed with poor growth since early childhood. This medical condition is due to Growth Hormone Deficiency. The treatment was deferred because her family couldnt afford it. Growth hormone is the principal hormone influencing growth, and children with GH deficiency remain very short unless treated at the right time. Since she is from a very poor family (parents are unemployed due to health problems) she can not afford further treatment. With the help of others they managed to give her GH treatment but stopped due to lack of funds after 6 months. She is in 12th std now yet her height is only that of child studying in 2 nd std. Since she is so short, she can not even carry her school bag.

She needs to take 24 units/week of GH in daily divided doses. One unit cost Indian Rupees 322/- and around Rs 4,01,856/- for a year's treatment. With this treatment, she can gain 10-12 cm height in a year. If you have any queries regarding her illness/treatment/donation, you can contact her doctor:

Dr. Mini G Pillai,
Consultant Endocrinologist,
PVS Memorial hospital,
Kaloor, Kochi- 682017.
PH: 0484-23454 51/52/71/60 Ext.544
FAX: 0484-2348239

Please consider this as an urgent appeal for donation and kindly help her with whatever financial assistance possible from your side. Her account details are as given below:

Miss Anju Mohan,
A/c No. 121 3010 00 66 795,
Federal Bank,
Maneed Branch,
Nechoor (PO),
Ernakulam (Dt),
Kerala- 686664,
India.