By Carolyn Schuetz | Director/Treasurer, COANIQUEM BCF
Thanks to her treatment at the COANIQUEM Burn Rehabilitation Center, Lidia has been transformed from a disfigured child into a lovely teenager.
At the age of five, in her home in Peru, she was severly burned when her clothes caught fire by the overturning of a paraffin lamp. She received acute care in the hospital in Peru for ten months before being admitted to COANIQUEM for continuing treatment. She had injuries on her face, chin, neck, thorax, adomen, arms, and legs. The interdisciplinary team designed a treatment including surgeries, physical therapy, and psychological therapy. Due to the severity of her injuries, Lidia has undergone several reconstructive surgeries in 10 years of free treatment at COANIQUEM in Santiago, Chile.
She is now a lovely teenager able to participate in school and to socialize in her community. Because she continues to mature, the medical team is evaluating the right time for some further surgeries.
Lidia and her father are welcomed at Casabierta at each treatment visit. They receive free room and board and are also provided with travel expenses.
Lidia is one of the more severe cases treated at COANIQUEM. But approximately 8000 children receive appropriate free treatment each year.
See the attached picture to appreciate the loving "magic" performed for these burned children.
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