By **Joachim Arrey in Tunis, Tunisia
A young Cameroonian child who was locked in a battle against a maglinant tumor has lost his fight despite efforts by a huge Cameroonian military living in the Diaspora.
Bright Fuh, the loser of the battle, was pronounced dead on Thursday, January 8, 2009, in Cameroon where the lack of state-of-the art technology made it impossible for this lovely child to have a happy life.
In the last battle against the tumor, Bright was joined by a huge army of Cameroonians living abroad. Their attempts to get Bright out of the country hit many bumps, living the stressed out Cameroonian helpless and desperate.
Bright's story is not unique. Many Cameroonians are pulling their own share of tumors around the country, looking for an opportunity to divorce themselves from this unpleasant marriage with bad health. Efforts by Cameroonians living abroad to help Bright were highly appreciated by his family. But these efforts came a little too late for Bright.
However, there are lessons to be learned here by Cameroonians living abroad. Bright's case could simply be an eye-opener and a call for a radical change in thinking.
Other diasporic communities have been fighting tooth and nail to help provide their fellow citizens with certain services they cannot afford by building infrastructure in their country of origine, and Cameroonians living abroad can learn from such communities. Bright's death also points to the fact that Cameroonians cannot keep on dealing with issues on an adhoc basis.
A creation of a medical NGO in the States will go a long way in helping thousands of Cameroonians living back home with curable diseases. While other diasporic communities are well organized to deal with such emergencies, Cameroonian abroad are still engaged in senseless fighting that has never produced any meaningful results. With Bright gone, it is hoped that some sensible Cameroonians abroad will sleep at night and reflect on how best to handle health emergencies such as the one that has pushed young Bright into his grave.
**Joachim Arrey is a member of the online forum: Friends of Bright Fuh. He posted this on the forum upon having news of the boy's death. He kindly accepted to have it posted on Gef's Outlook.
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