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April 1, 2019 Unfortunately the story that we would like to tell you is typical in our country: bedridden elderly woman spends her last days all alone, in illness, pain
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0901200270It is frightful to think of how many
lonely old people there are today and that nobody cares. After all, their
children love their own kids more than parents and do not understand that the
parents are their children as well, only old and sick! Nobody cares about them!
So our 71-year-old Mariam Nonikashvili
is bedridden. She suffers from chronic joint disease and inflammation of blood
vessels, her knees are completely paralyzed; she is constantly choking from
lack of air and because of systematic malnutrition and metabolic disorders, her
whole body is terribly swollen.
This poor woman is completely alone,
and she lost the opportunity to serve herself 5 years ago. Once a week a good
neighbor comes around: she brings water, bread, and cleans her night-stool. God
grant her health and happiness!
It is strange that such things happen!
Mariam is a neurologist by vocation. She devoted her entire life to her
favorite business; she treated others, took care of acquaintances and
strangers, and, while helping the others, could not create her own family. Her
family were the people who needed her care! So now she has to live her old days
totally lonely.
Sometimes Mariam can
starve during a week, and there is no one to give her a glass of water. She
lives in an almost destroyed house, with only one room more or less suitable
for living. The house built by her ancestors in 1933 is in emergency condition.
There is no gas. There is no heating. No water. No toilet. No fridge; the
ceiling is leaking… There is almost nothing!!!
A pension of 200 lari is the entire
income of this sick woman, who can be treated, but has no possibility because
of the catastrophic lack of money for medicines.
We asked Mariam a few questions:
– Tell me, Mariam, where did you
work?
– I’ve worked in many places. After
graduating from the Tbilisi Medical Institute I was sent to Gori to work at the
regional clinic; then for many years I worked at Tbilisi 8th Clinical Hospital;
then I was sent to Cuba for 3 years; after arrival I defended my thesis and got
a job at the “Inspectorate for
Labor Protection”. I was at the origins of the Georgian National Guard,
where I served as a doctor.
– How did you find yourself in such a
situation?
– The 90s had sad consequences for my
family. The area was devastated; money was worthless; wars took away many
people’s lives; I lost my job and did not have a place to live. I had to buy
expensive medicines for my father and mother, who was diagnosed with cancer. I
could not find any money for her treatment. Neither did I have money for food.
So I sold the apartment for a pittance, and moved to the village. There was the
house built by my grandfather in 1930s.
– How long have you been bedridden?
– I can’t get out of bed for already 5
years. Bones hurt so much; legs are swollen; I have bedsores: I can hardly sit
in bed… I have a wheelchair, but how could I “get into it” and who
would walk me around? I’m totally lonely.
– And who cooks or brings you water,
as there is no water in the house?
– A good neighbor comes once a week
for an hour but the rest of the time I’m alone. Fortunately there is an old TV,
and I talk to it as if it were a person.
– Does the local administration help
you? Are they aware of your situation?
– Of course they are, but no one
helps! My body and soul hurt so much!
– Who did you vote for?
– I did not vote, and I am not going
to, until there is a worthy candidate for Georgia! My voice and my heart still
belong to Zviad Gamsakhurdia!
– But you do realize that you have
deprived yourself of a protector, don’t you?
– Do they protect those who voted for
them? Are you sure?
– What is vital for you at the
moment?
– Medicines, first of all medicines…
and, of course, food. I have a metabolic disorder and as a result my body
swells; I’m all swollen, and frequent starving contributes to the swelling.
– What are you dreaming about?
– (cries): I pray to God that He would
send me a good man to take care of me. I don’t need much: just to be visited
sometimes; at least once to be brought some hot soup, helped to put the house
in order, talked to, and consoled a little… At least I would appreciate a
possibility to talk to someone on the phone. But I don’t have a phone… A
lonely person is not a person: he or she turns into an animal when staying
alone for a long time. And I want to die with dignity!
Dear friends, the condition of Mariam
Nonikashvili is very deplorable. The videos that we present you cannot describe
the emotional pain of this lonely woman. But these pictures show how hard it is
for her. She says with such a bitter resentment that from the first second of
communication you feel how hopelessness is burning within her heart, how she
suffers from her weakness.
It turns out that a person who has
worked for all her life for the benefit of other people lies today counting her
days, receiving a blow to the stomach from the society – lie down and
die!
We appealed to the Ministry of Health
and the Social Agency with information about the egregious facts of deprivation
of social benefits for the poor who are suffering from a disease, hunger and
loneliness, but have not received a response so far. We will certainly inform
you whether we will be able to restore justice for this unfortunate and lonely
woman, but while the authorities are inactive, our help is just necessary!
We cannot pass by the grief of this
71-year-old woman, so we are initiating a charitable action! Let’s give her a
helping hand and make sure she doesn’t feel completely abandoned. Let’s save
another life, as we have done together more than once!
You can transfer money to help Mariam
Nonikashvili to our Fund account GE15TB7194336080100003 or
GE64BG0000000470458000 (Purpose: Mariam Nonikashvili). You can also donate
money directly from our website.
You can as well transfer money through
terminals NovaTechnology, TBCpay and ExpressPay. Find our Fund in
“Charity” section. (You can learn about the additional rights and
obligations of the Fund by following the link https://goo.gl/GY2Gus).
Make good deeds and get more
than you gave!
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