by Remco Pijper | Jul 21, 2010 | Medical Fund, News
Thursday Kristine, an one year old baby from Lazareto, was brought to our office by her mother. Kristine had high fever and diarrhoea. We brought Kristine to the pediatrician, who referred us to the hospital for some tests. The outcome was a viral infection, which...
by Remco Pijper | May 28, 2010 | Medical Fund, News
On Friday May 28 2010 Lester (1,5 years old) was hospitalized. He is having fever for a whole month now. An X-ray of the lungs has been made and this showed he has severe pneumonia. The antibiotics he received did not work, and therefore he was hospitalized. Apart...
by Remco Pijper | May 25, 2010 | Medical Fund, News
Tuesday Mary Ann, the mentally handicapped girl from Lazareto, gave birth to a healthy daughter. The baby was born by cesarean surgery. She weighs 2,8 kilograms and she is 18 inches long. As far as we can see at this moment the many epileptic seizures Mary Ann had...
by Remco Pijper | Apr 2, 2010 | Medical Fund, News
Ramil was hospitalized in a hurry, because he was vomiting blood. Medical examination learned he has open tuberculosis. Ramil’s family is very poor. When they had to take him to a hospital in a hurry, they could only bring him to a public hospital. While the medical...
by Remco Pijper | Mar 26, 2010 | Medical Fund, News
During a home visit in Lazareto on Friday March 26 we met Diane, a 5-year old girl. The week before she fell off a chair and broke her arm. Their parents cannot afford medical care so the situation got rather worse the next week. Her elbow was swollen and she had a...
by Remco Pijper | Mar 17, 2010 | Medical Fund, News
On Tuesday February 16 we went to a pediatrician with Princess, a 4-months old baby. She has an exanthema and little open wounds all over her body, but mainly on her scalp. This started when she was one month old. According to the pediatrician the exanthema is caused...
