- Request received06/06/2026
- Checked & confirmed29/06/2026
- FundraisingOngoing29/06/2026
- Treatment provided
- Invoice paid
- 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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Lavina A., 6
FundraisingUrgentSkin
27
$80
About skin
Chicken pox is a highly contagious viral infection caused by the Varicella virus. It is characterized by fever,malaise,and an itchy vesicular rash that progresses from papules to fluid filled blisters and crusts. Secondary sepsis occurs when the skin lesions become infected by bacteria allowing infection to spread into the bloodstream resulting in a systemic inflammatory response that can be life threatening if not treated well.
NeoRao Community Medical Clinic
Daraja Mbili
Background
Lavina is a six-year-old girl and the youngest child in a family of four children. She lives with her mother and siblings. Her mother earns a living by selling groceries at a nearby market and is the sole provider for the family. Lavina attends a local school, enjoys playing hide-and-seek with her friends, and dreams of becoming a police officer when she grows up. According to her mother, Lavina had been in good health until about seven days before presentation when she developed fever and itchy skin lesions on different parts of her body. Initially, the lesions were small, but they progressively worsened and became increasingly uncomfortable. Two days before admission, the lesions on her right lower limb became markedly swollen, red, warm, and extremely painful, making it difficult for her to walk and play normally. Several blisters ruptured, releasing yellowish discharge suggestive of a secondary bacterial infection. As her condition deteriorated, she became weak, irritable, and less active than usual, prompting her mother to seek urgent medical attention at the health facility for further evaluation and treatment.
Medical history
Patient came in with complains of hotness of the body, pruritic skin lesions for the past one week,on clinical examination was febrile.Investigations done and a diagnosis of chicken pox was made.Lavina Andeo was managed on calamine Lotion for topical use,oral floxapen and brustan syrup . Lavina Andeo is feeling better and back to her normal activities. Her mother is so much happy
Prognosis
Lavina presented with a severe skin infection complicated by extensive inflammation, swelling, blistering, and secondary bacterial infection, resulting in significant pain and difficulty walking. Without prompt treatment, the infection could have spread to deeper tissues or the bloodstream, leading to serious complications. She required hospital admission for intravenous antibiotics, wound care, pain control, and close monitoring. Following appropriate treatment, her condition has begun improving steadily

