Leach Out raised a fundraising campaign to fund a cancer patient in the wake of "Israel Today" appeal to the nonprofit that a general health fund is funding the treatment - the campaign has been updated

• The campaign was updated following the request of "Israel Today" // Photo Archive: Gettyimages

Social networks are harnessed every day to help save patients in need of medical care not covered by health funds. This phenomenon is one of the advantages of these networks, which allows us to be safe for others. But from time to time phenomena of cynical exploitation of human misery are revealed to rake in public funds.

"Israel Today" has learned that the association is reaching out - at the very least, it has hidden information from the public in case of a family in need. This is a large-scale crowdfunding campaign led by Abraham Atar, which asks the public to raise $ 200,000 in donations to save a child with cancer. This is the Babian family, which is added to a child who has cancer and needs treatment, his older brother is also cancer and the family is in debt.

For his rescue, the child needed treatment with a proton screening device, given only in the US or Vienna. The campaign implied that there was no factor in helping the family fund the treatments. "My little Abraham's only chance is to fly to Professor Hogg in the US," says mother, Orly, In the video accompanying the campaign. The original campaign page states: "All of your donation will help me fly Abraham to US care" - without mentioning the Austrian option. Also, contrary to the usual crowdfunding, the said campaign page does not specify the amount collected so far.

Family OK

In a conversation with the Outreach Center, which as mentioned, is running the campaign, we were told that the HMO is not helping fund the treatment. However, the documents reached by "Israel Today" indicate that the child was already flown to Vienna for a preliminary examination of the treatment, at the expense of the fund, and that the family was officially approved to finance the entire treatment, including his parents' escort expenses for three months. This is while the association is calling on the public to continue to donate to fund the "unfunded" treatment.

The campaign that changed following the appeal of "Israel Today"

In response, the association's CEO, Abraham Attar, told us that the funding for the Vienna treatment was hidden from the donors because it "might hurt the campaign." He added that the original campaign "reflected the truth." He said the fundraising goal had not yet been reached, but he refused "Whoever is interested is invited to call the nonprofit," but, as mentioned, in our conversation with the nonprofit's office said that they do not have the information requested. Atar continued to claim that "you probably did not arrive at the right place" .

Highlights for the campaign

Shortly after the conversation with Adar, the campaign page changed. Instead of "flying to the United States", "flying overseas" was written, and the mother's appeal to donors added that the donation "will help us cover all expenses that the fund is not prepared to fund." In addition, a statement was made that "the HMO is ready to fund treatment in Vienna" but does not fund US treatment, as well as the costs associated with staying and treating the brother, who is also said to be a cancer patient: "The goal of the campaign is to fund all expenses related to the two The brothers who had cancer, including living expenses abroad and financial assistance for the family and their rehabilitation, "the statement reads.

Clalit Health Services said in response: "All treatment and flight arrangements for Vienna have been arranged and agreed with the family and fully funded by the Clalit, as well as stay expenses, as is customary and in accordance with the rules. We will continue to accompany the family and wish them complete medicine."