Pradeep Kharel
September 6th, 2007
My name is Pradeep Kharel and I come from Nepal, a small landlocked country between China and India. Mount Everest, the tallest mountain in the world, is one of our main attractions in the tourism industry. I have spent most of my life as a teacher of Art and hope to pursue this profession here in the USA in some way or the other after I get my green card, which will be in a year or so. Soon after my arrival in the USA, I was diagnosed with diabetes with the blood sugar count of 750!! This was devastating news and the situation was worsened as I had no source of income nor did I have insurance. However , Somerset Medical Center, New Jersey, looked after me in the initial stages and saved my life. I shall be ever grateful to them.As I had no earning I was facing a scary and precarious future when, at times, my wife could not buy me my very expensive medicines and blood testing equipment. Since her meagre income was insufficient to make ends meet I was contemplating leaving my family here and going back to Nepal. I had sacrificed a lot to be here with my loved ones but was soon beginning to give up hope and face a lonesome and bleak future back home.
Then, lo and behold, PHRMA came to my rescue by providing me with most of medical needs for almost free. I have always felt blessed by God and this show of philanthropy from PHRMA was there to substantiate my trust that help is available where and when needed. Now, though I am still eagerly awaiting my time to start working so as to be able to give back to this country whatever I can and in any way, I am a happy and content man. I am able to get up each morning feeling strong to look around me and enjoy life with friends and family. Not being bed-ridden and a burden to my family and society as a whole is a feeling of joy and exhilaration as is being given a second chance at life.
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