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'My whole world stopped' - Nelson donors raise $30,000 for Nepalese woman's cancer surgery

Samira Basnet was ineligible for publicly-funded healthcare that could pay for life-saving surgery, but the community raised $30,000 in four days.

'My whole world stopped' - Nelson donors raise $30,000 for Nepalese woman's cancer surgery

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Samira Basnet was ineligible for publicly-funded healthcare that could pay for life-saving surgery, but the community raised $30,000 in four days.

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Samira Basnet was ineligible for publicly-funded healthcare that could pay for life-saving surgery, but the community raised $30,000 in four days.

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