明報 即時·Hong Kong·15h ago
A graduate of St. Clare's Girls' School, 28-year-old Agnes Wong, was diagnosed with leukemia (B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia) in April last year. She had previously undergone chemotherapy, which ultimately failed. Doctors advised that she must immediately receive the new 'CAR-T cell' immunotherapy, but it requires a self-funded payment of $1.8 million. The St. Clare's Girls' School Alumni Association posted on social media, stating that because the treatment cost is high and has not yet been included in subsidies, and after deducting savings and insurance exhausted from past treatments, she now urgently needs $1.35 million to start the treatment, hence they have launched a fundraiser.