A form of benign cancer of the immune system is affecting many children living in Nuba Mountains, South Korfodan.
Rocio Aguignaga, a Comboni Missionary Sister, heads the Children’s Ward in Mother of Mercy Hospital, Guidel.The Mexican nurse told SCR News that the incidence of Burkitt’s lymphoma is unusually high among children in the region.
Sr. Rocio explained that the benign cancer is cured with expensive chemiotherapy medicines which the hospital has been so far able to procure.
Many cases of Burkitt’s Lymphoma were reported since 2008 by the hospital, which was constructed by the Catholic diocese of El Obeid.