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...
by Remco Pijper | Mar 8, 2010 | Medical Fund, News
Kristina is one of our sponsored children in grade 4 of primary school. Kristina often complained about abdominal pain and therefore did not always go to school. Sparrow got her to a doctor, who checked her blood and urine. After taking the prescribed medication...
by Remco Pijper | Mar 5, 2010 | Medical Fund, News
Rosemarie is one of our sponsored children in grade 3 of primary school. Rosemarie complained a lot about headache during lessons, when making homework or after a lot of writing or reading work. Sparrow took her to an ophthalmologist to determine if something is wrong...
