It has just been two months since Raj Kumar Rai was told by his doctor that he had a blood disease that needed a bone marrow transplant.

Since then, the world of this 24-year-old car mechanic has fallen apart. He had started feeling weak and bleeding from the mouth, and DB Karki, a doctor at Kathmandu Medical College diagnosed him with aplastic anemia for which there is no treatment available in Nepal. "He urgently needs a bone marrow transplant, and that can only be done in India. If properly treated, he could lead a normal life," Karki told us. Rai's family of three brothers are working to collect the money required for the treatment, which is estimated at Rs 700,000. The family has appealed to donors.