Linda was only 6 years old when she accompanied her mother at her stall at a street market in Accra, Ghana. In 2016, the condition of her arm caught the attention of Pablo, a Spanish pilot who was then working for a Ghanaian airline.

Since then, and for ten years, Pablo maintained contact with Linda and tried by various means that she could continue her studies and regain her health, both in her country and in Spain. None of those efforts were successful and Linda’s illness, which was not even diagnosed in Ghana, continued to progress.

In 2025, Pablo He/She got acquainted with the Pacientes program of Fundación Recover. A conversation gave her hope that Linda could receive care in Spain. When Recover presented the case to the study, the diagnosis was immediate: Linda suffers from CLOVES syndrome, a rare disease that causes excessive and abnormal growth of body tissues along with malformations in the blood vessels.

In September, Linda was treated and operated on at the Quirónsalud Pozuelo University Hospital. Her recovery is going well and she will return home in the coming weeks. During her stay, nurse Lucía was part of the team that accompanied her, and the two of them exchanged classes in Spanish and English. In addition, Pablo has booked a place for Linda at a school ten minutes from her home these days, instead of the one assigned to her, which is two hours away by public transport.

Linda's case is an example of the value of the Foundation's Pacientes program, which identifies cases of people who cannot afford treatment. receive treatment in their home countries and coordinates its evaluation, transfer and treatment in Spain. Its development is possible thanks to a network of hospitals allied to the Quirónsalud group, whose commitment has been key to caring for Linda.