- Request received05/02/2026
- Checked & confirmed28/02/2026
- Fundraising28/02/2026
- Treatment provided13/04/2026
- Invoice paid30/04/2026
- 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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Precious E., 1
In treatmentInfections
23
$85
About infections
Severe pneumonia is a serious lung infection where the air sacs fill with fluid or pus, making breathing difficult and reducing oxygen supply to the body. In infants, it often presents with fast or difficult breathing, fever, cough, poor feeding, and lethargy. Severe dehydration occurs when the body loses or fails to receive enough fluids to maintain normal function. In babies, inability to breastfeed due to illness can quickly lead to dangerous fluid loss, causing weakness, sunken eyes, lethargy, and risk of organ failure if not treated urgently.
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$85 raised of $85
Helmi Jonas Health Centre Uradi
Kalkada, Uradi sublocation
Background
Precious is a four-month-old baby, the youngest in a family of five children. She lives with her mother and siblings in a one-bedroom mud-walled house at their grandmother’s homestead. Her mother is a single parent with no stable income and relies mainly on produce from her kitchen garden to support the family. Precious began showing signs of illness three days before visiting the hospital. Her mother noticed that the baby was breastfeeding poorly, had recurrent fever, cough, and nasal congestion, but she was unable to buy medication due to lack of money. As the days passed, the baby became increasingly weak, lethargic, and struggled to breathe, which raised serious concern. A neighbour whose child had previously received treatment through Helpster Charity at Helmi Jonas visited and noticed the baby’s high fever, breathing difficulty, nasal congestion, and reduced activity. The neighbour informed the mother about the support available through Helpster and encouraged her to seek urgent care. She then requested transport from another neighbour and rushed Precious to the hospital.
Medical history
PRECIOUS WAS DIAGNOSED WITH SEVERE PNEUMONIA AND SEVERE DEHYDRATION AND WAS TREATED WITH IV CEFTRIAXONE, PER RECTAL GACET, IV GENTAMYCIN, IV FLUIDS (NORMAL SALINE AND DEXTROSE 5%), PREDINSOLONE SYRUP AND PARACETAMOL SYRUP, SHE RESPONDED SO WELL TO THE TREATMENT AND MANAGEMENT SHE WAS GIVEN. HER CONDITION IMPROVED AND THE CHILD STABILIZED, SHE WAS THEN DISCHARGED ON ORAL MEDICATIONS TO CONTINUE WITH AT HOME. A FOLLOWUP MADE ON A CLINIC REVISIT CONFIRMED THAT PRECIOUS WAS DOING WELL AND HAD FULLY RECOVERED.
Prognosis
Following timely treatment and continued monitoring, Precious is expected to steadily regain strength, resume normal feeding, and continue healthy growth. Precious was diagnosed with severe pneumonia complicated by severe dehydration due to poor feeding, a combination that placed her in a critical and life-threatening condition. She required urgent admission for oxygen support, intravenous fluids, antibiotics, and close monitoring to stabilize her breathing and restore hydration.
