1. Dealing with enterocutaneous fistulas at Evangel

We now have four patients in the hospital who have a condition called enterocutaneous fistula. They all had surgery at other hospitals for various problems but developed a leak in their intestines so now they have stool leaking out their abdominal wo...

26/11/2007 | 750 Hits | (0 vote) | Print | Email | Read more...

2. Hannah

The two day old baby looked so tiny in the middle of the full-size ICU bed. The whole left side of her head and her left eye were swollen and bruised, with scratches here and there. Now and then she would stiffen and shake—convulsions probably ...

05/11/2007 | 887 Hits | (0 vote) | Print | Email | Read more...

3. Gone too soon

From the blog of Dr. Joshua Sule, our newest Evangel consultant Today we lost a young girl, 13 years of age, who had rabies infection. We'll call her Ambe. It all started four months ago when a rabid dog bit Ambe at a town two hours away from ...

30/09/2006 | 724 Hits | (0 vote) | Print | Email | Read more...

4. Baby Tina goes home

Baby Tina left us tonight. We only knew since yesterday that she was going back to her birth mother and family. The mother arrived yesterday afternoon at our house with a note from Justina telling us that there had been reconciliation in the fam...

05/06/2006 | 286 Hits | (0 vote) | Print | Email | Read more...

5. Tina's Story

Wednesday morning we got a wake-up call: a baby had been born Tuesday night, we could come and get her any time. Chaplain Justina of the crisis pregnancy program had talked with Barb the day before when it appeared the baby was coming soon, and Barb ...

22/05/2006 | 410 Hits | (0 vote) | Print | Email | Read more...

6. Our children need nurses, pleeeeeease

Anyone who has worked in the paediatric ward will tell you it is one of the most challenging wards to work in here at Jankwano. Hey, children are so adorable. I won't forget one day when we opened the door to a little child's room, admitted the previ...

08/05/2006 | 431 Hits | (0 vote) | Print | Email | Read more...

7. A fresh view of life and death at Evangel

“Blessing was 1 year old and was severely malnourished. She was painfully thin, dehydrated, lethargic, and breathing in very fast, noisy little gasps. Her mother explained that four days ago, Blessing started having diarrhea and vomiting.&...

30/03/2006 | 492 Hits | (0 vote) | Print | Email | Read more...

8. Kizito

Little Kizito died last night after 43 days on admission. He was a year old and weighed 3.5 kg (7 lb 11 oz). He was one of our Spring of Life HIV+ patients, being treated for TB, but he just never seemed to improve despite all the treatments we co...

15/09/2005 | 394 Hits | (0 vote) | Print | Email | Read more...

9. Lovina

Lovina is seven years old, thin, and quiet. She sat with her mother in the exam room on one chair, while Mrs. Musa, wife of the previous ECWA president, sat beside them on another. The Musas had heard about Lovina somehow and had arranged for her ...

14/09/2005 | 530 Hits | (0 vote) | Print | Email | Read more...