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Boy, 8, with leukaemia must pay NHS £825,000 for lifesaving treatment

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NHS.Nathaniel Nabena, 8, could have just days to live, according to his family.The youngster, who is from Lagos, Nigeria, flew to the UK in November to have a £5,000 prosthetic eye fitted his left eye was removed because of a tumour, the Mirror reports.But he began having a fever and nosebleeds before treatment started.

He was later diagnosed with the rare acute myeloid leukaemia at Croydon University Hospital in south London.Now Nathaniel has been told he must pay £825,000 for a stem cell transplant at Great Ormond Street Hospital.Patients from non-EU countries are charged 150% of the NHS national tariff for hospital treatment, unless exempt.Dad Ebisidor, 45, told the Mirror: “If we cannot raise the funds, hospice care is the next step."We.

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