By Claudia Domin | Community and Events Fundraiser
Africa News – hearing from our partners and upcoming projects
INTER CARE’S VITAL MEDICAL AID SAVES THE LIFE OF BABY JOSEPH
Here is a 3-month-old baby boy called Joseph. Sadly, he was abandoned by his mother and father and now his 70-year-old grandmother cares for him: there is no one else to help.
Due to a very small income, Joseph’s elderly grandmother struggled to provide nutritional requirements for her grandson’s needs. In the absence of his mother’s breast milk, processed milk for babies is what Joseph needs to grow big and strong. However, baby Joseph has been fed unprocessed cow’s milk: it’s the best that his grandmother can do for him. Unfortunately, this difficult situation caused him to become malnourished and suffer from diarrhoea.
Joseph was severely malnourished and needed treatment fast
So, the grandmother brought the baby to Ekwendeni Hospital, Malawi, where he was diagnosed with acute gastral enteritis with dehydration and malnutrition. Baby Joseph was treated with medical products donated by Inter Care, i.e. intravenous fluids, intravenous antibiotics. The nurse also provided limited processed milk for infants as part of his treatment. Consequently, with the care of the hospital’s dedicated staff team, baby Joseph made a good recovery.
Grandmother said ’without this treatment my grandson would have died’
Joseph’s grandmother was not wrong. Joseph’s life had been saved. Yet, baby Joseph is not the only person to receive help: he is one of many local community members who have benefitted—and with your support continue to benefit—from vital medical supplies donated to Ekwendeni Mission Hospital. Inter Care supplement and support the hospital’s work, who in turn help those who cannot afford to pay for their treatment and medicines.
“The grandmother returned home with a smile of healthy recovery of her grandson”
- Dr Stanley Ndhlovu, Ekwendeni Hospital
Container to Sierra Leone – Due to leave our warehouse by end of the Summer!
Our warehouse team are busy building pallets of medical supplies ready for a shipping container to leave our warehouse by the end of August. As usual, there will be a video making its rounds when the donation leaves Inter Care, so watch this space! This container donation will be supporting the following health units; Mendewa Clinic (host), Shepherd’s Hospice, UBC Mattru Hospital, Bai Bureh Hospital, Bo Children’s Hospital, Loreto Clinic (one of our newest partners) and Kissi Town (Refugee Centre).
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