Baby twin Moses

I heard a little sad news yesterday. One of the gorgeous twins who had a hernia repair that I wrote about a few days back was readmitted yesterday. Overnight at home he began to have seizures and was fitting for the majority of the night.
He was brought back to us and was diagnosed with cerebral malaria. It is obviously not to do with his surgery, and ironically I believe he was tested for Malaria whilst he was with us and nothing showed up.
Right now his fits have settled, but it's not exactly what you want to hear. Because of rainy season, Malaria is around in abundance. Patients arrive to the ship with fevers and we have to test a large number of them. Many of them end up having surgery cancelled or delayed until they have had treatment. Although obviously there is always some risk, it is hard when you think that so many people contract malaria which could be preventable, and with it there are so many deats. Mosquito nets are as far as I can tell not widely used. Another factor is that actually trying to afford or get to clinics for treatment here is difficult, especially for those in far off villages. Thankfully we are able to try and help Moses, but in reality if he hadn't just been a patient with us it is likely it would have been a very different story.
What we take for granted just being able to pop to the chemist in a car eh?!