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​https://gofund.me/e099b23a

Most of my Global Health Fellowship year is spent here on the Thailand-Burma border helping a 30-year old refugee clinic to develop emergency medicine and acute care focused care. The patients are escapees from one of the world's longest civil wars and have become stateless refugees. The mission of the clinic I am helping is to provide Healthcare as a Human Right. I have seen that many of the displaced people are very poor and often cannot afford even simple life-saving diagnostics and treatments such as chest X-rays, antibiotics, immunosuppressants for diseases that are ravaging their vital organs or transfer to the bigger hospital for severe hypoxia or sepsis. Others need simple things like walkers, crutches, physiotherapy equipment or nutrition (generally that consists most basically of formula for malnourished babies and rice and oil for adults). Healthcare providers in Burma have been targeted and forced out of the country, so many Burmese come across the border to our clinic seeking help.  I know we cannot provide for every need and we cannot save everyone. The medical facility runs on donations and has a very reliable, professional and above-board staff. My hope is to create a fund to help provide the basic medical diagnostics and treatments that can save a limb, a life or help them get to the bigger hospital when we cannot provide what they need. 100% of the funds (other than GoFundMe's fee) will go to medications and medical diagnostic tests or basic needs such as nutrition and vitamins. I will also be donating my own money on top of the GoFundMe for needs that come up.

The exchange rate is roughly 1 USD = 33 Thai baht.

Here is an idea of the cost of care here, that even though inexpensive, many cannot afford:

Renal function blood test $2

Liver function blood test $3

Hepatitis panel $14

HIV Viral load $67

Chest X-ray: 300 baht (<$10)

Limb X-ray: 600 baht (~$18)

1 week of IV antibiotics that the clinic does not have access to (I will order from India): $50-120 USD

1 month of oral immunosuppressants (i.e. for lupus patients): $60

CT Head to diagnose stroke or internal head bleeding: 30,000 baht (~$909)

Admission to the bigger hospital: 10,000 baht ($303) base cost + any services provided (i.e. one night of acute care cost my patient 40,000 baht)

Thank you for anything you feel led to contribute! I can provide more details as well or a case profile detailing specific needs for a patient upon private message request