- Request received30/10/2023
- Checked & confirmed11/12/2023
- Fundraising11/12/2023
- Treatment provided12/03/2024
- Invoice paid25/03/2024
- Case closed16/08/2024
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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Debra Mercy O., 9
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$40
About blood
Pneumonia in a chronic sickle cell disease patient. Sickle cell is an inherited disease marked by a defective haemoglobin. 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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Background
Debra is an ambitious young girl who would like to be a teacher when she grows up. She will often be found in the front of the class behaving like a teacher if the class has a free lesson. She is also a known sickler who takes her medication daily. She presented to the hospital with symptoms of general body pain, dizziness, dry cough and chest pain.
Medical history
She is also a known sickler who takes her medication daily. She presented to the hospital with symptoms of general body pain, dizziness, dry cough and chest pain. She was diagnosed with painful crisis and put on the necessary to alleviate the pain and also treat her of the infections that exacerbated the painful crisis. She responded well to treatment.
Prognosis
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.
