Rod Stewart has been receiving praise for helping people struggling with the NHS, but he scores more heartfelt support as he also extended his help to a young fan.
On Thursday, Stewart attended a charity auction for mental health charity, My Black Dog, in Canary Wharf, east London. At the event, he met his 20-year-old fan, Abi Evans. The Mirror shared a photo of her and the rocker on its website.
While it looked like a simple meeting, Evans revealed in an interview with Express UK that the 78-year-old singer-songwriter offered to pay and assist her in receiving pioneering treatment in the US. She revealed that she has Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, leading her to be unable to walk.
"I told him I've got a rare condition. He immediately wanted to hear more. I explained all about Ehlers-Danlos, that it was degenerative, that I have a paralyzed stomach and nerve damage in my legs, which means I can't walk, but there was a possibility of treatment abroad that could make me better," she told the news outlet.
After hearing about her desire to become a pilot, Stewart offered his help and told her he would send her to the US to get stem cell treatment.
Evans noted that the singer loves her story and that he wants to make people with the same condition have better lives. To make it happen, Stewart and Evans talked about the medical experts' potential research on her.
According to the Ehlers-Danlos Society's website, EDS refers to a group of 13 heritable connective tissue disorders that cause genetic changes in patients. Among its symptoms include skin hyperextensibility, tissue fragility, and joint hypermobility.
Rod Stewart Shares His Blessings With People in Need
Before helping Evans, the "Have You Ever Seen the Rain" singer also promised to help health services in Belfast financially. As reported by Belfast Telegraph, Stewart expressed his desire to help when he visited the Princess Alexandra Hospital.
"If this is a big success, which I think it will be, I'd like to do it in Belfast, Dublin, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Manchester, and just keep it going, and hope some other people follow me," he said. "I want to prove I'm not all mouth and trousers and that's why I'm here to prove that I followed through with it."
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Stewart covered a day of scans for the patients that were carried out by the private healthcare firm InHealth's mobile MRI scanning unit at the medical facility.
The singer said he was in a "privileged position" to help others, as he already earned his money and wanted to aid people using that.
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