- Request received05/11/2025
- Checked & confirmed18/12/2025
- Fundraising18/12/2025
- Treatment provided16/02/2026
- Invoice paid30/04/2026
- Case closed13/06/2026
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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Stephanie O., 3
Report publishedInfections
21
$80
About infections
1. Severe malaria is a life-threatening progression of a malaria infection, often caused by the Plasmodium falciparum parasite, characterized by serious organ failures or metabolic abnormalities like impaired consciousness, severe anemia, acute respiratory distress, and organ damage. Treatment requires immediate, intensive care in a hospital with injectable antimalarials, with intravenous (IV) artesunate recommended as the preferred first-line treatment. 2. An acute upper respiratory tract infection (URI) is a common, often viral, illness affecting the nose, throat, and sinuses, such as the common cold, pharyngitis, or sinusitis. Symptoms include a runny or stuffy nose, sore throat, cough, and possibly fever
Thank you for saving this life!
100%
$80 raised of $80
Helmi Jonas Health Centre Uradi
Kalkada, Uradi sublocation
Background
Stephanie is a 3-year-old girl who has not yet started school. She is cheerful, playful, and sociable. She enjoys dancing with her friends and is friendly to everyone she meets. For the past week, Stephanie has experienced general body weakness, night sweats, coughing, scleral jaundice, and a runny nose. She was brought to the hospital for evaluation, where a malaria test returned positive. She was diagnosed with severe malaria and an acute upper respiratory tract infection and was admitted for further management.
Medical history
Following her admission, Stephanie was promptly started on intravenous fluids for severe dehydration, antimalarials, antibiotics, and pain relief. She received IV paracetamol stat, IV artesunate 33 mg at 0, 12, and 24 hours, and IV ceftriaxone 550 mg once daily for five days. Additionally, she was given oral multivitamin syrup and oral paracetamol. Stephanie began showing signs of improvement by the fourth day. She was continued on ceftriaxone as scheduled. The next morning, she woke feeling well with no complaints and was subsequently discharged with prescriptions for AL (I), cefalexin syrup, and Piriton 5 ml. During a follow-up call, her mother reported that Stephanie has fully returned to her normal health status.
Prognosis
Stephanie’s prognosis is generally good, provided she continues to receive prompt and complete treatment for severe malaria and the accompanying upper respiratory tract infection. Severe malaria can be life-threatening, but with early admission like in Stephanie's case, with appropriate antimalarial therapy, and close monitoring, most children recover fully.
