The number of children we are treating in our out-patient department at Comfort Community Hospital has increased dramatically this year! As you can see in the graph above – in the fourth week of last year we treated 155 children in our out-patient department and this year we treated 838 children during the same week. That’s an average of 150 children per day! (and these numbers do not include the adults we are treating!)
January is always a busy month because it is the rainy season and this brings an increase in Malaria cases. However, the increase we have experienced from last year to this year is due to the decision we made several months ago to treat all paediatric patients (aged 15 and under) for free.
A huge thank you to everyone that has made it possible for us to provide medical care to so many children! Thank you to Project Malawi Onlus and Dr. Pappone for their consistent monthly financial support – thank you to all the individuals that have so generously donated their money, time, and/or expertise – thank you to everyone in Italy for working so hard to raise funds for the hospital – and thank you to all the staff in our out-patient department for working so hard!
By Jill Claus