Security Guard With Tumour On His Face Sacked After Customers Complain
Sipho Hadebe, 39, has been living with the gradually expanding growth for 12 years - but it has now got so large he struggles to breathe.
Doctors have said the tumour is putting pressure on his respiratory airway and an examination confirmed within a year he would no longer be able to breathe.
Daily Mail reports that, his local hospital had him on a waiting list which meant he would have had to wait for seven years before he could have the operation to remove the tumour - the only way he can get his job back.
But because his income is so low and completely reliant on his wife who works in a supermarket, he began to fundraise in a desperate attempt to ease his suffering.
And now, after strangers have donated more than £2,000, he is set to undergo private treatment that experts believe will save his life.
A team of doctors at Lowveld Hospital, in Mpumalanga provice, South Africa, have offered their services to ease the pressure on his lungs.
Mr Hadebe's wife said: '
It’s difficult to communicate with Sipho as he finds it hard to speak, but he’s extremely grateful and excited about the reconstructive surgery.
'This is the final hurdle between Sipho and a normal, healthy life.'
By yesterday afternoon, kind strangers had already donated more than £2,100 to his cause - leaving the hospital overwhelmed by the response.
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