Purity N., 8

Purity lives with her parents in one of the slums of town. Her favorite subject in school is art and craft and she is very active in co-curricular activities too. She loves to draw and likes playing football too. She would like to be a drawing artist in future. She was brought to the hospital complaining of difficulty in breathing, abdominal pains, loss of appetite and vomiting after oral intake for the past 2 days. The condition worsened this morning and Purity had to be rushed to the hospital. As the mother frantically asked for financial assistance from her neighbors, she was informed of Helpster Charity that assists sick needy children and it was then that she brought Purity to the hospital.

Purity is a bright-eyed 10-year-old girl whose world comes alive through colors. Growing up in the slums, she finds joy in her art and craft classes, sketching vibrant pictures of her dreams - hoping to become an artist one day. Severe abdominal pain, relentless vomiting, and labored breathing left her weak and unable to eat. By morning, her condition worsened - her skin grew pale, her breaths shallow. Her mother, desperate and with no money for treatment, ran door-to-door pleading for help. That’s when a neighbor told her about Helpster Charity. At the hospital, doctors confirmed severe malaria with early signs of sepsis. Purity received antimalarial drugs to attack the parasite and strong antibiotics to fight sepsis. Within hours, her breathing steadied. By the next day, the vomiting stopped, and she felt better.

Malaria is deadly disease that should be urgently treated with ant malarial drugs, if intervention is done on time purity's life would be saved hence treatment should commence immediately while sepsis is another serious complication that should be treated urgently with antibiotics and antipyretics to prevent further tissues damage.