A few months ago, a young pregnant mother was rushed into one of our medical
centres in the urban slums of Mafoluku, Oshodi in Lagos, Nigeria.
She was having painful contractions and was to deliver imminently. She was
bleeding heavily and was dehydrated. She had no money on her.
The medical staff on duty could not determine the full details of her
pregnancy and possible risks she might have been facing since she had
not registered for antenatal care at the centre as commonly advised.
In fact, she had not seen a doctor or midwife throughout the pregnancy,
right up until when she was rushed in.
Without wasting precious time, she was ushered quickly into the delivery
room and within minutes, had received an IV drip for fluids, medication to
take care of her pains and was helped to deliver her child, a tiny little girl
who cried out immediately after birth, much to the joy of everyone. However,
several minutes later, it became apparent that there was a second baby.
Fortunately, the second twin was coming down, head first into the birth canal
and the delivery of a beautiful baby boy was concluded within minutes of the
arrival of his sister.
The mother and her babies are doing well and were discharged home a few days
later without worry, grateful that both babies are healthy. However, more
importantly, her fears of a huge delivery bill were allayed when she
discovered our centres do not charge exorbitant medical fees like most
other centres in the neighbourhood.
Very high user fees have been identified as the major reason why the poor
and underprivileged do not access good quality healthcare. They resort to
cheap alternatives which invariably lead to poor and often fatal outcomes.
Wish for Africa managed to prevent an almost tragic outcome in the case of
the woman in the story above.
Our network of primary care centres set up in
areas with low socio-economic indicators; create access to decent, yet affordable
healthcare for people in poor communities of Africa. We do not turn
them back because they are poor and unable to pay before receiving
treatment.
Help us continue this work. We are asking for your support in assisting more
people like this young mother.
Please donate money, medical equipment or supplies and if possible, adopt
one of our medical centres.
Do contact us to discuss how we can set up a primary care centre in an African
community and help members of this community have access to low-cost yet
good quality healthcare.
Please make cheques payable to Wish For Africa and mail to:
69 Ridge Close
London, SE28 0HT
or you could make a direct transfer to: Wish For Africa
Natwest Account No: 11053011 Sort code 60-24-26.
You can also donate quickly and safely online using our secure Paypal portal, simply click on the donate online button
Your donation of:
£10 will help us provide necessary materials needed for the
safe delivery of one baby.
£20 will help pay a local nurse's one month's wage.
£50 will pay for a doctor's part-time wage for one month.
Wishing you and yours a wonderful 2007.
Thank you and God Bless.
Dr Femi Olaleye MB.ChB MBA DFFP DIC
Founder
Wish For Africa
