Serbia: Mobile Medical Clinic

Lal Mohammad Ahmady

21 Year Old

Lal Mohammad Ahmady is a 21-year-old refugee from Afghanistan currently residing at Obrenovac Reception and Transit Centre. Like the vast majority of the refugees, Lal started his trip to Western Europe in search of a better life and financial stability so that he can help his family who stayed in war-torn Afghanistan. Our team first met Lal one month ago, when he came to our clinic to seek medical assistance. Initially, his symptoms seemed to indicate the common cold, because his only complaints were a runny nose and itchy throat. However, thanks to the thorough approach and dedication of our team, he was found to have a severe heart murmur. RMF doctors acted promptly, and he was referred to a heart disease specialist at Obrenovac Medical Centre and diagnosed with severe stenosis of the pulmonary artery with cardiomyopathy. Considering this serious condition and the fact that he would soon need an operation, Lal was referred to the Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases, Clinical Centre of Serbia, the most prominent center for heart disease in the country. An appointment was made for a coronarography, a diagnostic procedure which is required before the operation. While Lal waits for this examination, he remains under the constant medical supervision of our team. We hope that, with RMF’s help, this young man will receive the best possible treatment so that he can continue his journey and achieve his plans for a better life.

Asfma Efrem

24 Years Old

Asfma Efrem is a 24-year-old young man from Eritrea. On his journey to Western Europe, winter caught Asfma somewhere in the Serbian woods, and he will never forget his first encounter with snow, ice, and freezing temperatures. Asfma was attempting to warm up, but being unaccustomed to subzero temperatures, he made a terrible mistake: he put his rubber boots next to a fire to heat them up, but the high temperature caused them to melt and glue to his feet, causing severe burns. A couple of days later, his friends brought him to our mobile clinic to seek medical assistance, and Asfma’s condition was poor. He had a fever, and he couldn’t walk. His feet were swollen and in extreme pain, his wounds were large, and there was dead skin and foul-smelling pus. We knew that gangrene could easily set in, with a major possibility of Asfma losing several toes or even both of his feet if we didn’t act promptly and efficiently.

As always, RMF’s medical team reacted with great determination, putting forth all available resources in order to help the patient. Dead skin was removed from the wounds, and Asfma was given a high dose of antibiotics. The wounds were dressed twice a day, and some of the best Serbian surgeons were contacted. As a result, the treatments have led to a great improvement in Asfma’s condition. Although he is still under constant medical supervision, he is able to walk by himself, and will make a full recovery.