Baby Gorety A., 1

Baby Gorety is the last-born child in a family living in a two-room house. Her parents previously depended on casual work, but her mother stopped working during pregnancy, leaving the household reliant on the father’s limited and irregular earnings. The family struggles to meet its daily needs and healthcare expenses. After confirming she was pregnant, Baby Gorety's mother enrolled for antenatal care and walked for more than 40 minutes to the facility but attended only one visit because subsequent services were disrupted by a health workers’ strike. One evening, she developed persistent abdominal pain, and a neighbour helped take her to hospital by motorcycle. She was diagnosed with preterm labour and delivered Baby Gorety at approximately seven months of pregnancy. Due to prematurity, Gorety was admitted to the Newborn Unit for specialized care and monitoring. When her mother expressed concern about the hospital costs, the nurse in charge informed her about Helpster Charity.

While neonatal jaundice is a common condition in newborns, it's generally not fatal and most cases resolve without complications. However, if left untreated, very high levels of bilirubin (the substance causing jaundice) can lead to a serious complication called kernicterus, which can cause brain damage and even death The patient's jaundice was noticed immediately and treatment commenced before kernicterus ocuured leading to brain damage and the child is set to make a full recovery. The patient was also admitted in the NBU for monitoring and management of her weight