25.5.2024. 8pm IST 

STREET PROVIDENCE GOA saves a life of poor goan girl from South Goa , whose weight was approx 25 kgs and haemoglobin was at 5 (g/dl ) of blood, where as the normal parameters for a lady should be between 11.6 and 15 grams per deciliter ( g/dl).

All her major other parameters were extremely below all prescribed norms.

3 weeks back we were requested by the girl sibling to please help as the girl in question was too too weak to stand and was living in horrible & pathetic conditions.

The siblings is working abroad and for over two years we are being requested to help.

We go to this girl home but either she does not open the door or just acts violent which makes our team return.

Sibling sends living expenses to the girl, but due to loneliness and heavy depression, she has been slipping month after month.

But this time Mr John Baptist from Fatorda, our long time trusted volunteer was entrusted the job of getting this girl out of her house by hook or by crook as any further delay would be suicidal,  resulting in death.

Being a cool man John used all his convincing power and got this girl admitted into a government hospital.

We were forced to hire a care giver for 24 hours which the sibling paid @ 2500+ per day which was for over 15 days.

But sorry to say nothing much happened as most government hospitals are overloaded with such poor people, that only prayers can save.

During these 15 days the haemoglobin from 5 reached 6 and that's when we shifted this poor goan girl to a private hospital for a few days in Porvorim which is closer to our office.

Today we discharged the poor goan girl whose haemeglobin is at 8.5 ( g / dl ) with iron injections being administered to her.

Today after 1 month, the girl ate a simple nutritious meal as the nurse has fed her physically.

Top it all – she is having symptoms of mental disabilities. Signs of TB too are visible.

A Very complicated scenario to sort out.

With our INHOUSE DOCTOR on board we are now prepared to handle such complicated & delicate admissions.

The Sibling is a very religious person and I am sure GOD heard the prayers and this time we managed to get the job done.

Off late many such deaths have been reported of hunger in Goa.

Major issues today in life is STRESS & DEPRESSION.

I am aware of many such instances where entire family members are abroad and only one single parent or sibling is here in Goa.

Their living conditions are sad & disappointing.

We are NOW ready to take up such cases as now we have a full time Doctor in house as well as 18+ nurses to care for such goans in need of Help.

We have two upgraded homes ( in the same building) for ladies & gents, to accept people especially bed ridden from families who can't be kept in the regular shelter homes with other Street psychiatric patients.

Our INHOUSE DOCTOR stays full time in this building and that gives us a opportunity to reach out to extreme cases where one require full time monitoring of their medical parameters.

I was really not sure that this girl would recover as her condition that day was extremely not good and being an NGO we usually don't go to anyone Home to admitt a patient.

But the sibling has been calling me for over two years and this time I just could not refuse to help.

Also we now have a full time INHOUSE DOCTOR & that's made this decision a little easy to respond to the sibling request.

But WE SAVED ONE LIFE which ultimately counts.

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God bless you all