By Tim Holmes | Fundraising Coordinator
One of the core motivations to set up the hospital 10 years ago was to create a place where women, children and babies could be cared for and reduce the number of unnecessary deaths through lack of basic health care. Thanks to the incredible support we've received over the years from you and other loyal donors our maternity and paediatric facilities are treating thousands of women and children every year, contributing to falling maternal and infant mortality rates.
But when it comes to babies, the treatment they require is almost always specialist and will usually be the difference between life and death. In Haiti half of all babies born prematurely will die because there are so few facilities that can offer this specialist care.
But since 2012 we have been providing the specialist neonatal care that premature and critically sick babies need and in the last year alone 423 babies have received treatment at the hospital. Many would have died without it. Babies like Jean.
Jean arrived at the hospital last month at only 1 day old with a raging fever and clearly in pain. Head doctor, Dr Toussaint, diagnosed a anal imperforation which required immediate surgery. Thankfully the hospital is equipped and able to provide such life-saving surgery and now Jean has recovered enough to enjoy his first Christmas at home with his family. His family know how close they came to losing their new baby but sadly for most Haitian mothers there is no help for their baby in such a time of need. This is something we are passionate about changing and thanks to your support change is happening.
This Christmas we are trying to raise money to increase and improve our neonatal facility further so that more babies have the chance to live in the years to come and more families are spared from tragedy. If you can help us again to make this a reality we would be so grateful. Thank you for everything you have done.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from everyone at HHA.
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