Patient stories

For the past eight years, Jeremiah and Aishetu Onubi have been travelling from their homeland Nigeria to Sheba Medical Center in Israel. Jeremiah is a professional medical specialist who served as the director of a military hospital in Nigeria for many years.

AM was diagnosed with aplastic anemia in January 2018. Her erythrocyte, thrombocyte and neutrophil counts were extremely low. The six months of treatment she had in her country did not bring any results.

Let me tell you a little bit about myself. My name is Makpal and I am from Kazakhstan. I was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2008, in a clinic in Almaty, Kazakhstan. We had to choose between Germany, Turkey and Israel for treatment. Based on the recommendation of our relative, who had undergone treatment at Sheba Medical Center, to arrange all treatment details with the International Medical Tourism Division – we decided to go to Israel.

In 2016, I was diagnosed with prostrate adenocarcinoma (prostate cancer) with a Gleason score of 6. This was the worst news I had received in a long time. It was frustrating and depressing. Many thoughts ran through my mind without any clear source of hope. I shared the news with my family, who were all horrified just pondering the ultimate implications. After overcoming the shock, I realized that I had to take action and sought advice from several sources.

Lyudmila, a resident of the Ukraine, came to Sheba Medical Center to seek treatment for breast cancer. This is her story: “I have always tried to live a healthy lifestyle by being active in sports, maintaining a nutritious diet, and having annual health checkups that included required mammograms. After one of the mammograms, in April 2016, a tumor was found in my left breast. The tumor measured 5.5 to 9.0. After further testing, I received the life-altering diagnosis of breast cancer.

Natalia recounts her experience at Sheba Medical Center in Israel and road to recovery from Cervical Cancer. Read about her life-saving treatment today.