Run a Maternity and Neonatal Unit in Haiti

In our last report, we shared the impact your support had made on our Maternity work in 2013.  This time, we wanted to encourage you by the difference you're making to paediatric care!

Last year, you helped us provide care for over 2,065 children, through the provision of 3,863 inpatient and outpatient consultations.  This included providing care for 265 babies in our neonatal unit.

The individual lives you have helped us save and support is incredible, but the need remains urgent.  Just a few weeks ago, a young 18 year old mother was bought to the hospital we support, with severe complications during delivery.  The mother and her baby had required a C-Section some 18 hours before arriving at our unit, but due to a lack of access to emergency obstetric care where she lived, and poor medical diagnosis, this didn't happen.  She was eventually referred to us, where our team were quick to respond with emergency surgery, which included resuscitating her baby.

However, the severe delays in transferring this mother and baby to us, left the baby in a critical state.  Thanks to our teams continued commitment to providing excellent care, the baby is progressing well, though may well face long term brain damage.  We can avoid these situations with your support, by developing more training for medical proffessionals, and supporting the salaries of this unique medical team who are providing such critical care. 

Please help us to save more mums and babies, by becoming a regular donor of this critical work, or making another one off donation.  Thank you for your continued support.  It really is making a huge difference.

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