Bajan starts cancer treatment in Colombia

Doctors in Colombia confirmed Barbadian Noi Jemmott had acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL), the most common childhood cancer, and had commenced treatment.

Noi, 17, left Barbados last Saturday via air ambulance.

Her father Janson Jemmott told the Weekend Nation yesterday via telephone that his daughter started chemotherapy on Wednesday. At the time of the interview, she was undergoing a minor operation to put a stent in her chest.

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