This 16month old child was brought to the facility after she had spent 4 days in a peripheral makeshift quack clinic where she was being managed for symptoms that included fever, loose stool, vomiting and weakness. Upon realizing that she was not improving, the mother summon the courage to bring her to us. When we saw her, she was completely lifeless, her eyes were sunken, you could literary lift the skin from her body. She was also pale. She was still having diarrhea and she convulsed once. The parents had written her off. Well, God didn't.
We went to work even before requesting any deposit, the life was leaving and we had to try to stop it at the exit. Securing the iv access was more than herculean. I almost went for a cut down when I decided to give the head a 5th trial and eureka! I found one. It was so precious to us we would check on her frequently to ensure she or the mother hadn't ripped it off. 1st few days, she started responding to treatment, a week later she was crying. 2 weeks she was voracious with food. 3rd week she was fit for discharge. The rural doctor initiative isn't unaware of the challenges faced by rural dwellers as regards accessing standard basic health care, that is why it is working strategically to see how more rural dwellers would become more able to access well trained health personnel, especially doctors, that are scarce in these sorts of resource poor settings. The rural doctor initiative... Everyone deserves good health.
We went to work even before requesting any deposit, the life was leaving and we had to try to stop it at the exit. Securing the iv access was more than herculean. I almost went for a cut down when I decided to give the head a 5th trial and eureka! I found one. It was so precious to us we would check on her frequently to ensure she or the mother hadn't ripped it off. 1st few days, she started responding to treatment, a week later she was crying. 2 weeks she was voracious with food. 3rd week she was fit for discharge. The rural doctor initiative isn't unaware of the challenges faced by rural dwellers as regards accessing standard basic health care, that is why it is working strategically to see how more rural dwellers would become more able to access well trained health personnel, especially doctors, that are scarce in these sorts of resource poor settings. The rural doctor initiative... Everyone deserves good health. We went to work even before requesting any deposit, the life was leaving and we had to try to stop it at the exit. Securing the iv access was more than herculean. I almost went for a cut down when I decided to give the head a 5th trial and eureka! I found one. It was so precious to us we would check on her frequently to ensure she or the mother hadn't ripped it off. 1st few days, she started responding to treatment, a week later she was crying. 2 weeks she was voracious with food. 3rd week she was fit for discharge. The rural doctor initiative isn't unaware of the challenges faced by rural dwellers as regards accessing standard basic health care, that is why it is working strategically to see how more rural dwellers would become more able to access well trained health personnel, especially doctors, that are scarce in these sorts of resource poor settings. The rural doctor initiative... Everyone deserves good health.
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