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Manx volunteer appeals for young girl with brain tumour

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A Ballaugh woman who's immersed in the on-going refugee crisis is pleading with people on the Island to help in the urgent race to save a child's life. 

Ayren-Marie Kelly is fighting to get medical treatment for an 11-year-old girl from Yemen who has a life threatening brain tumour
 
Rufa's country has been ravaged by war - she's now in Saudi Arabia but medics there won't help her: 
 
 
Doctors on the Island helped to assess her medical records so Ayren-Marie and her fellow volunteers could organise potential treatment for her - however the costs could reach 100,000 Euros: 
 

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