A doctor in Bangladesh has found a simple way to treat infant pneumonia
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ON HIS first night as a trainee paediatrician in Sylhet, Bangladesh, Mohamad Chisti (pictured above) watched three children die of pneumonia. Oxygen was being delivered to them, through a face mask or via tubes placed near their nostrils, using what is called a basic “low-flow” technique which followed World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines for low-income countries. But it was clearly failing. He decided to find a better way.
This article appeared in the Science & technology section of the print edition under the headline “Bubbling with ideas”
From the September 8th 2018 edition
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