Dr med Heuric Rakotomalala, lead surgeon at Hopitaly SALFA Manambaro, tells us the story of a young lady (19), who benefited from the emergency fund.
The young lady was having seizures and was comatose when she reached the hospital – plus she was eight months pregnant. It took 48 hours until she woke from the coma. The family could not afford to pay the treatment costs of about 100 Euro. To pay for at least part of the hospital bill, the family sold their last cow. The remaining costs were covered by the Doctors for Madagascar emergency fund.