Journalist Christian Sabbagh told on Saturday, July 19, the difficult time he went through after doing a stroke (stroke).
Journalist Christian Sabbagh Photo: Facebook
He revealed, on the social networks, the struggle he led for his life and the difficulties he encountered in the public health system in Romania, after suffering an stroke in 2024.
“After stroke I smiled and I was on my own“, The news presenter said on Facebook.
He thanked the doctors at Bagdasar-Arseni Hospital for their efforts, but said that, despite their professionalism, he had to seek treatment in the private system to save his life.
“The smile in this picture hides a struggle for life and death. I was a few days after a stroke, with life hanging on a thread. I smiled, but in the back was the suffering. The doctors at Bagdasar did everything they could. I am grateful to them. I respect them. They fought for me. But their goodwill was not enough. I had to seek saving outside the public system. On my money. In private where we found treatments and solutions“He added.
He managed to go through the difficult period and returned to the Kanal D. News desk. A question, however, does not give him peace, seeing what is the situation of the public health system. “Why do we pay taxes?” The journalist asks, after his life hanging on a thread.
“Today I am again at the Kanal D. News desk. But I can’t help but ask, what do we pay taxes? In Romania, almost 45% of the gross salary goes to contributions. We pay health as a mandatory fee. And when life hangs on a thread, the system tells you: wait! He tells you that there are no places. Or money. Or appliances. Or interest. I was lucky. I managed to save myself. But how many do not get? How many days are dying?“He asked.
Wife’s reaction: “I sought healing”
Iulia Sabbagh, the journalist’s wife, thanked the worries on Facebook, specifying that this is now well.
Iulia Sabbagh, while caring for her photo spouse: Iulia Sabbagh/Facebook
“For all those who call us and write us worried, I want to tell you that my husband is fine. The stroke was last year. A heavy struggle, which we chose to take in silence, only us, in the family. Then I didn’t look for compassion. I sought healing. I learned to put on bran, to control his tension, to give him the medication at fixed times. But harder it was to hold my children in my arms and promise them that «dads don’t leave us»”, Iulia told.
She now recognizes that she has learned “to smile, when her soul trembled.”
“I learned what it means to fight death every day. Christian defeated! He defeated where others had no chance. But don’t think I forgot, every day is a victory. Every breath is blessing“Added Iulia Sabbagh.
An alarm signal
She described and what was the purpose of posting her husband.
“Today’s posting was not about a current health problem. It was a cry. An alarm signal. Because he also knows what it means to fight in a system where you pay taxes, but in hospitals you die with days. And today, precisely because he had the chance to return, he uses his voice for those who can no longer. Thank you for being near us. Not for mercy, but because his voice hears stronger when he is not alone. And, as he always says, at the end of the journal: “Take care of yourself”“He said.
“Get rid of who can or who has money to go outside”
His message sparked a wave of reactions and empathy in the online environment.
“Very many tax payers do not have the correct treatment or on time. Escape who can or who has money to go outside“, A person answered on Facebook, while another” charges “politicians:”We pay taxes and health for the nonsense in the Parliament to have special pensions!”.
People also started to tell the struggles they had with the public health system in Romania.
“I also had cancer 7 years ago and after 20 years you contributed to the Romanian health system I had to treat myself abroad on my money. A lot of health! Let’s hear only good!”, Another person commented.
“That’s right. We die for days. During the Covid’s Covid pandemic, my husband died, alone, careless. He called home because he feels bad and there is no one. He wanted to come to the hospital to see you. I made a visit request, but it was not approved. He died alone without saying at least one word escaped who can. SAD”, Smit someone else.
