A mother’s plea for help

Lylli Pontu and her husband, Johannes Pontu, of Onandjokwe, are pleading for financial assistance to get medical treatment for their son.

Naftali Pontu (13) has an enlarged liver and has suffered all his life. His parents have to take him to hospital every month to have fluid drained from his abdomen.Meme Pontu, who is a cleaner at the Oshigambo health clinic, and her husband, an employee in the Ministry of Environment and Tourism, say the doctors have told them that their son’s condition can be treated.However, they cannot afford the operation.”We are now begging any Samaritan to please help us …so that we can send our son for treatment,” Meme Pontu said when The Namibian visited the Onandjokwe Hospital last week.His parents have to take him to hospital every month to have fluid drained from his abdomen.Meme Pontu, who is a cleaner at the Oshigambo health clinic, and her husband, an employee in the Ministry of Environment and Tourism, say the doctors have told them that their son’s condition can be treated.However, they cannot afford the operation.”We are now begging any Samaritan to please help us …so that we can send our son for treatment,” Meme Pontu said when The Namibian visited the Onandjokwe Hospital last week.