OG is an adorable two and 1/2  year old boy who is from a small village near Kabudula. According to his parents, for the past year he has been having ‘funny feelings’ in his chest and fluttering heartbeat, and he often cannot keep up with the other children when he plays.

He had received an initial evaluation at another facility, but came to Kabudula Community Hospital for help since his family are poor, illiterate farmers from the area. At KCH, WAM Co-Founder Dr. Bergman, who was spending six weeks in Malawi, and Aubrey Nsunza, the hospital’s clinical officer, heard a very  loud and harsh heart murmur likely signifying OG that had a hole in his heart called an ASD. We were able to refer the child to the only pediatric cardiologist working in Malawi, at the Baylor clinic. OG will have further evaluation and testing there, and hopefully will one day be able to get treatment. WAM’s work in Malawi helps to ensure that OG and patients like him can receive life-saving treatment to make it through these childhood crises, in the hopes that one day they can  become healthy adults.