- Request received20/01/2026
- Checked & confirmed30/01/2026
- Fundraising30/01/2026
- Treatment provided31/03/2026
- Invoice paid27/05/2026
- Case closed
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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Alamin M., 3
In treatmentInfections
27
$65
About infections
Severe malaria is a life-threatening medical emergency characterized by vital organ dysfunction, often resulting from delayed treatment of uncomplicated malaria, especially by the Plasmodium falciparum parasite, causing complications like coma, severe anemia, acute kidney injury, respiratory distress, or shock, and requiring immediate intensive care. A chest infection is an infection of the lungs or large airways (bronchi) that often follows a cold or flu, causing symptoms like a persistent cough with colored mucus, wheezing, breathlessness, and fever. Severe malaria and chest infection together are serious and life-threatening conditions, especially in children. Severe malaria causes high fever, severe anemia, weakness, seizures, breathing problems, and organ damage. A chest infection can cause cough, fast or difficult breathing, chest pain, and low oxygen levels. When both occur at the same time, the body is under great stress and breathing problems can worsen. Diagnosis is made with blood tests and chest examination or X-ray.
Thank you for saving this life!
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$65 raised of $65
Background
Alamin a 3-year-old male child is the the 7th child of his parents. The father is a labourer and the mother is a house wife, the children in the family are mostly not in school because the father cannot afford money for school fees. They live in a 3 rooms apartment, they walk a mile before they can get water from the well for their daily activities. They dont have access to electricity. They have a pit toilet outside of their compound. A 3-year-old male child who was well until three days ago when he suddenly developed high temperature and complaint of headache which progressively became worse with subsequent days. He was also coughing and mother gave paracetamol syrup to no avail. He started vomiting and complaining of stomach pain. He stopped eating throughout before he was brought to the hospital. On examination, child looks ill, anxious with mildly sunken eyes, febrile (38.2o C), tachypneic, unicteric, acyanosed and not pale. Chest congested with basal creps bilaterally. He was diagnosed with severe malaria and chest infection. They could not afford the money for the hospital bills that made the family to contact Helpster Charity for help.
Medical history
Alamin a 3-year-old male child who was well until three days ago when he suddenly developed high temperature and complaint of headache which progressively became worse with subsequent days. He was also coughing and mother gave paracetamol syrup to no avail. He started vomiting and complaining of stomach pain. He stopped eating throughout before he was brought to the hospital. On examination, child looks ill, anxious with mildly sunken eyes, febrile (38.2o C), tachypneic, unicteric, acyanosed and not pale. Chest congested with basal creps bilaterally. He was diagnosed with severe malaria and chest infection. Patient was on admission and treatment commenced immediately after investigations, injection antimalarials, injection antibiotics and other supportive care were administered and thereafter orals were given for further treatment. Patient did well and was stable after hospital stay until he was discharged. Advise was given on hygiene and diet. They were asked to return to the hospital for follow up after a week. The family remained grateful to Helpster Charity for the medical support.
Prognosis
Alamin was suffering from co-infection of severe malaria and chest infection making the 3-year old child very sick and in need of urgent medical treatment. The prognosis for Alamin a 3-year-old boy with severe malaria and a chest infection is serious but can be good if treated early. Treatment requires urgent hospital care, intravenous antimalarial medicines, antibiotics, oxygen, fluids, and close monitoring. With quick hospital care, proper medicines, oxygen, and close monitoring, Alamin will recover well. Delayed treatment increases the risk of complications or death.
