{"id":1224,"date":"2015-09-28T08:59:46","date_gmt":"2015-09-28T07:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kenilworth-and-district\/?p=1224"},"modified":"2015-09-28T08:59:46","modified_gmt":"2015-09-28T07:59:46","slug":"september-2015-bright-ideas-and-blantyre-cots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kenilworth-and-district\/2015\/09\/28\/september-2015-bright-ideas-and-blantyre-cots\/","title":{"rendered":"September 2015 &#8211; Bright ideas and Blantyre Cots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you want something doing ask a busy woman. \u00a0 Dr Queen Dube, takes time to introduce us to the Director of Queens, Dr Goonani, and embarrasses me by telling him about all the projects SI Kenilworth have supported through Friends of Sick Children in Malawi. \u00a0 We&#8217;ve been a busy Club!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1225\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1225\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/kenilworth-and-district\/files\/2015\/09\/P1080211.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1225\" src=\"\/kenilworth-and-district\/files\/2015\/09\/P1080211-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Dr Queen Dube and me\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kenilworth-and-district\/files\/2015\/09\/P1080211-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kenilworth-and-district\/files\/2015\/09\/P1080211.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1225\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr Queen Dube and me<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Then we trot round the various wards, Queen walks quickly by Malawi standards. \u00a0 She clearly adores babies and chats constantly to staff and mums, checking on this, confirming that.<\/p>\n<p>A few Western style incubators are available, and as we&#8217;re getting used to, with several babies per cot for the administration of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) &#8211; this keeps prem babies lungs open with gentle pressure. \u00a0 They run using fish tank pumps, these work fine, they&#8217;re cheap and easy to maintain.<\/p>\n<p>Other babies who are less sick (the term is relative) are kept in wooden warming boxes, heated from below &#8211; Blantyre cots. \u00a0 Those with jaundice are treated with a simple UV light above.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1226\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1226\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/kenilworth-and-district\/files\/2015\/09\/P9230866.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1226\" src=\"\/kenilworth-and-district\/files\/2015\/09\/P9230866-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Blantyre Cot with UV light box - and yes, two babies \" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kenilworth-and-district\/files\/2015\/09\/P9230866-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kenilworth-and-district\/files\/2015\/09\/P9230866.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1226\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blantyre Cot with UV light box &#8211; and yes, two babies<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The lights have been designed and made by students at the Polytechnic next door. \u00a0 Instead of expensive UV strips, LEDs are used with kitchen foil for reflection. \u00a0 These are far cheaper, more robust and last longer.<\/p>\n<p>Although it all looks a bit Heath Robinson to our eyes, both the Blantyre cots and the UV systems are far less susceptible to the variations in power, a major problem with the highly technical fancy Western medical machinery. \u00a0 The incubators are about $30,000 each and the thermostats tend to go when the power fluctuates &#8211; &#8216;cooking or freezing&#8217; the babies!<\/p>\n<p>Once again, the ingenuity of the Malawi people astounds me.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you want something doing ask a busy woman. \u00a0 Dr Queen Dube, takes time&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":523,"featured_media":1226,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sharons-blog"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>September 2015 - Bright ideas and Blantyre Cots  | News | Blog | Events | SI Kenilworth and District<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Kenilworth and District : Blog &amp; News : September 2015 - Bright ideas and Blantyre Cots : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Kenilworth and District . 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