- Request received16/05/2025
- Checked & confirmed02/06/2025
- Fundraising02/06/2025
- Treatment provided03/06/2025
- Invoice paid30/05/2025
- Case closed17/07/2025
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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Faith W., 4
Report publishedBlood
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$270
About blood
Severe pneumonia in sickle cell disease is a serious and potentially life-threatening condition. Children with sickle cell disease have weakened immune systems and abnormal red blood cells, making them more vulnerable to infections like pneumonia. Pneumonia in these children can progress rapidly, leading to complications such as acute chest syndrome, which is a major cause of illness and death in sickle cell patients. This condition can cause breathing difficulties, low oxygen levels, and even respiratory failure. Having both severe pneumonia and sickle cell disease significantly increases the risk of hospitalization, long-term lung damage, and death if not treated urgently. Early recognition, antibiotics, oxygen support, and sometimes blood transfusions are critical in managing these cases.
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$270 raised of $270
Bulondo Health Centre
Bulondo-Namwacha - full address is needed
Background
Faith is a 4-year-old girl who lives with her grandmother in a rural area. Their home is a small two-room house without electricity, and they rely on a nearby stream for drinking water. Despite the challenges, Faith is a cheerful and gentle child. She hasn’t started school yet, but she eagerly waits for the evenings when neighborhood children return from school so she can join them in play. She has been battling with sickle cell disease, diagnosed last year. Faith’s grandmother reports that Faith has had two sickle cell crises in the last six months, with high fevers, joint pain, and difficulty breathing. She has missed routine clinic follow-ups due to lack of fare and no money for drugs or consultation. Faith presented with productive cough, chest pain, fever, and general body malaise.
Medical history
Faith presented with productive cough, chest pain, fever, and general body malaise and she was assessed given medication later was stable and allowed to go home to continue with her usual duties.
Prognosis
The prognosis is good. Faith was treated and if the condition could have not been treated it could have resulted to death
