Author: McKinley Corbley / Source: Good News Network
A Bangladeshi doctor has identified an unlikely savior for hundreds of thousands of babies: discarded shampoo bottles.
Back in 1996, Dr. Mohammod Chisti was working his first shift as a medical intern when he witnessed three children die as a result of pneumonia.
Though the event broke his heart, it motivated him to come up with a solution for the high rates of pneumonia-related child mortalities – and the result is nothing short of extraordinary.Pneumonia is a dangerous infection that causes the lungs to become swollen and filled with fluid, making it hard to breathe. Ordinarily, the condition can be treated with a ventilator that helps the patient to breathe – but since the average ventilator costs about $15,000, many hospitals in developing countries can’t afford the proper equipment.
The infection was listed as the number one cause of mortality in children under age five in developing countries, at the time—and Bangladesh contributed the majority of those fatalities since malnourished children are particularly vulnerable to the condition.
While Chisti was studying in Australia, however, he was introduced to a different kind of ventilator…
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