by Ellie Pijper | Dec 7, 2012 | Medical Fund, News
Melissa and her sister Vanessa have been bitten by a dog, which was most likely infected by rabies. The dog died two days later. Melissa and Vanessa therefore needed anti rabies vaccinations. The rabies vaccination program consists of three injections, so together...
by Ellie Pijper | Nov 29, 2012 | Medical Fund, News
Rolando is a 30 year old man, just married and he has a 1 year old baby. This week he has had an accident. Rolando was riding his motorbike, when suddenly a tricycle pulled into the road. Rolando lost consciousness and did not wake up until he was in the hospital....
by Ellie Pijper | Oct 30, 2012 | Medical Fund, News
Last Friday night Hannah, a one year old baby, was hospitalized in a hurry. She was vomiting terribly the whole time. In the hospital an X-ray was made of Hannah’s lungs and she had several examinations. From this examinations Hannah appeared to have acute pneumonia,...
by Ellie Pijper | Oct 10, 2012 | Medical Fund, News
Jeffrey is 20 years old and was involved in a serious motorcycle accident. He sat behind his drunken friend on the motorcycle when they were hit at great speed by a car. Both of them did not wear helmets and only wore short trousers and T-shirt’s. His friend died...
by Ellie Pijper | Sep 28, 2012 | Medical Fund, News
Lazareto, the neighborhood where Sparrow works, is a slum with a lot of problems. Since poverty is often hopeless a lot of people flee into alcohol. Every moment of the day you can see drunken people in the street, which results in other problems like fighting and...