The two girls Hasina and Maryam, who were suffering from severe osteomyelitis and were at risk of having their legs amputated, can now return to their home country of Afghanistan in good health thanks to treatment at the Bethel Protestant Hospital (EvKB). The hospital has covered the costs of the 10-month treatment.
Hasina (6) and Maryam (8) romp around seemingly carefree in the entrance area of the paediatric surgery and paediatric and adolescent urology clinic at the Bethel Protestant Hospital (EvKB) as they say goodbye. They are joking around with the nursing staff, giving each other a warm hug and a smile. The two girls came to the Bethel Children's Centre in Germany for treatment ten months ago without their families. "Our whole team immediately took them to their hearts. We were partly a substitute for family, played with them, organised clothes and toys for them and taught them our language," explains Lukas Schmutzler, Head of Nursing at the Clinic for Paediatric Surgery and Paediatric and Adolescent Dermatology.