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Here is an emergency call we received a few days ago from our partner, “The Nest” children’s home in Nairobi:
Yesterday we rescued five children, aged between 2 and 10, from the Muranga area:
The mother has been arrested on charges of severe child neglect. The children are severely malnourished, have all sorts of skin infections and, worse still, their feet and hands are completely infested with jiggers. Two of them can barely walk because of the pain.
Our paediatrician says the children need to go into the ‘theatre’ because most of the jiggers have to be removed under anaesthetic. But she doesn’t know where (to which hospital) she can refer such a case. This isn’t about cutting hospital costs, but about getting prompt and effective treatment to finally relieve these poor children of their unbearable pain!
Irene
So:
Severely infected flea (jigger) egg wounds that need to be treated surgically (theatre = operating theatre).
Who can help?