by Ellie Pijper | Aug 15, 2012 | Medical Fund, News
Last week John Jomel’s parents came to Sparrow’s office. John Jomel is a six months old baby. He had a high fever and a bad cough. We took John Jomel to a pediatrician, who prescribed several medicines. The pediatrician wanted to hospitalize John Jomel if there...
by Ellie Pijper | Apr 7, 2012 | Medical Fund, News
Today Alexander has had an accident at his work. Alexander lives in Lazareto and works on a garbage truck. Standing on top of the vehicle he sorts out the waste which is thrown into the vehicle by his colleagues. During his work he fell off the vehicle because a low...
by Ellie Pijper | Mar 7, 2012 | Medical Fund, News
Lino is an elderly man of 72 years old. He was hospitalized because of an acute bladder inflammation and hemorrhoids. He has to have a surgery to cure this. Although Lino’s family is not rich, they managed to gather the largest part of the amount for the surgery....
by Ellie Pijper | Jan 31, 2012 | Medical Fund, News
During a home visit to one of the students of our Scholarship Program Nethan’s mother came to visit us. Nethan is a seven months old baby. He has fever, diarrhea and an awkward cough. He does not have a good appetite either. The pediatrician decided to make an X-ray...
by Ellie Pijper | Jan 20, 2012 | Medical Fund, News
Cade Laurence is a five months old baby. He is the first child of a young couple; his mother is 18 years old and his father is 19 years old. Cade Laurence was brought to Sparrow’s office, because he had been ill for two weeks. He did not want to eat or drink, was...
by Ellie Pijper | Dec 24, 2011 | Medical Fund, News
Sparrow provides people with medical help they otherwise have no access to through its Medical Fund. During the last couple of years Sparrow has build good relationships with several doctors and hospitals. A growing number of doctors do not charge personal costs to...
