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Jump to full article: Channel 5 Belize.com (bz), 2005-11-23
Intro: A man who started smoking when he was only sixteen years old is now paying the ultimate price for his bad habit. Forty-seven year old Mario Ramirez started exhibiting signs of throat cancer in 2003. Unable to afford treatment, he ignored it as long as he could until he was unable to eat. Ramirez finally sought medical treatment in Mexico City, but despite chemotherapy and radiation, his cancer has spread to other parts of his body. His family has already spent almost twenty thousand dollars, and having exhausted all of their resources, tonight the Ramirez family needs your help.
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