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A doctor in Bangladesh has invented an artificial respirator out of a shampoo bottle and it’s saving thousands of children’s lives.
Credit: BBC
Last year 920,000 children under the age of five died of pneumonia, mostly in poor countries without access to expensive medical care. It is particularly threatening to malnourished children.
In Bangladesh pneumonia causes 28% of infant mortality.Dr. Mohammod Jobayer Chisti knew he had to find a better solution to get oxygen to infants and children.
On a recent work trip to Melbourne, Australia, Dr. Chisti was introduced to a type of ventilator called a bubble-CPAP, which is employed to help premature babies breathe. It channels the infant’s exhaled breath through a tube that has its far end immersed in water….
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