- Request received05/05/2024
- Checked & confirmed14/07/2024
- Fundraising14/07/2024
- Treatment provided28/02/2025
- Invoice paid30/04/2025
- Case closed25/08/2025
Why is treatment sometimes done earlier than the payment?
When a case is urgent and vital, hospitals often proceed with delivering medical care right away to save a life, even before the finalisation of admission procedures. Usually, when this happens, hospitals put the bill on our credit until the funds are transferred to their accounts. That’s why the chronology can sometimes be in disorder.
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Kevin B., 14
Report publishedInfections
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$85
About infections
Kevin is diagnosed with severe malaria and pneumonia. Severe malaria occurs when infections are complicated by serious organ failures or abnormalities in the patient's blood or metabolism. Pneumonia develops when the defensive mechanisms within the lung become overwhelmed by a pathogen which has been either inhaled or aspirated. It is associated with a high mortality rate and significant morbidity. Severe pneumonia is frequently a multisystem disease and patients will often present with multiple organ failure.
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$85 raised of $85
NeoRao Community Medical Clinic
Daraja Mbili
Background
Kevin lives with his father who is a widower, together with other siblings after their mother passed. his father to look after the cows. He would like to be a teacher when he grows up. He has been having nausea and persistent vomiting for the past few days. This has been associated with a headache, neck pain, general body malaise and a fever. His father tried to give him over the counter medication hoping to relieve him of the symptoms but he only got worse. Kevin's father was informed about Helpster Charity by the village elder and it was then that Kevin was brought to the hospital.
Medical history
Patient came to the hospital complaining of vomiting headache ,neck paiñ and fever he was assessed tested and found to have severe malaria,he was treated with hydrating fluids antimalarials , drugs to stop vomiting and pain killers. He is now doing well
Prognosis
Malaria should be treated promptly with the use of antimalarial drugs. If left untreated, it can lead to severe complications and even death. It can result in organ failure, severe anemia, neurological issues, and in some cases, prove fatal, making early diagnosis and treatment crucial for preventing these life-threatening consequences. Pneumonia should be treated with antibiotics. If left untreated, pneumonia may lead to the permanent lung damage, respiratory failure, septicaemia (infection entering blood stream and causing sepsis), pleural effusion (accumulation of fluid in the space between the lung and chest wall, which can make breathing difficult), and other life-threatening complications.
