Mehmet Cesaret

Local authorities lend hand to cancer patient, paralyzed wife in Turkey's Kayseri

Local authorities in the central Anatolian province of Kayseri announced they would provide aid for a local man who is a cancer patient and his paralyzed wife on Sept. 21.

The remarks came after media reports about 62-year-old Mehmet Cesaret, who has been a cancer patient for 15 years and has been taking his wife to the hospital in a wheelbarrow after she had a stroke.

Cancer patient carries paralyzed wife to hospital in wheelbarrow in Turkey's Kayseri

A 62-year-old man who is a cancer patient has been carrying his wife to the hospital in a wheelbarrow after she had a stroke in the central Anatolian province of Kayseri.

Bircan Cesaret, 53, is Mehmet Cesaret's wife who suffered from a stroke a couple of weeks ago.