I talked to Juslene Wisler, a 54-year-old street vendor sitting outside the gates of the La Paix hospital, and asked her what she thought of plans to build a 24-hour ER there with the help of Candians.
The woman, selling toothpaste, pens, and toilet paper from a woven basket, said it will save lives.
“If you get a sickness at night, you can die,” she said matter-of-factly, as trucks and crammed taxis careen past her. “There are no doctors at night.”
A few hundred feet away inside the hospital walls, Dr. Bob Wickett and nurse Kelly Freeman, volunteers from St. Mary’s General Hospital, are trying to change that. Story in tomorrow's Record.
A woman who goes to an emergency room in the mildde of labor will not be turned away. However, you won't get away from the bill entirely. They will bill you wherever you live. You can work it out to pay by installments. I suggest that your wife not travel to another country so close to her due date anyway. That could put unnecessary stress on her and her baby. Postpone the trip if at all possible.
Posted by: Julie | 07/12/2012 at 10:02 PM
Heavenly Father, I come to you on behalf of sweet Abby. Father you know her suenfrifg and pain, please Lord ease it for her. Father grant her healing, rest, and strength to endure. Lord we are seeking you for healing for this sweet child, we ask you because we know that you alone can heal. We ask Lord, because we know you can do imeasurably more than we can even ask or imagine. Father, please pour out your spirit upon her family, especially her parents. Father grant them the grace to endure as well as peace and rest in you. Give them the energy to continue to stand by Abby. Lord give your church the wisdom to know how best to serve this family. Lord we jst ask you to move and bring full healing to this sweet child.
Posted by: Arif | 07/15/2012 at 05:47 AM