News of Merlin’s clinic at "Wimbledon" got around quickly and patients - young and old - began streaming in. Here are some of our patients, who, with the help of Merlin’s expert team of surgeons and health staff, got back on the road to health and healing.
Dianna Dorestant (top left), eight years old, was at home when the earthquake struck. A chunk of concrete fell on her head and her right hand was badly crushed. Dianna and her sister went to the local hospital only to find that it had been badly damaged, was overwhelmed with patients and that it could offer no help. When Dianna arrived at Merlin's hospital and she was quickly taken in for surgery. Doctors were able to save her badly injured fingers and kept Dianna in post-op care for 14 days to ensure a full recovery. (Photo: Leah Borromeo)
Sergleine Raivil (top right), 22 years old, is seven months pregnant and in the chaotic aftermath of the quake she wasn't sure her baby had survived. A piece of masonry fell on and fractured her upper right arm, an injury Merlin doctors treated. They were also able to give her a pre-natal ultrasound scan - revealing very good news. "We saw the baby kick. We saw its pulse," said Merlin medical team member Dr. David Southern. (Photo: Jeroen Oerlemans/Panos Pictures)
Woodolf St. Roi (left), two years old and miraculously survived underneath a fallen wall, that crushed his right arm, which doctors had to amputate. "Sometimes Woodolf looks for his missing arm when he's in pain," his father explains. "This also hurts me." (Photo: Leah Borromeo)
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