Over the last couple of months, especially after Dr. Roshinetook over the functioning of the Acute Care Unit, something which has bothering
us is the major shortcoming in infrastructure for our very sick patients.
We’ve come a long way over the last 3 years. Acquiring 3
ventilators, 4 multipara-monitors, 6 fowler beds etc has not been an easy
affair considering the sort of poor patients who come to us. But, we need to
look for more and better facilities for our patients.
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| Part of our Acute Care. Here two children, both below 3 years of age being manually ventilated. |
As I write this, sitting in Acute Care, I’ve three patients
who would have done with better machines for ventilation and monitoring. In
addition, we also have a shortage of space. We’ve sort of developed a habit of
shifting the least sick patient out as soon as a more sick patient comes in.
Many a time, the former patient would have benefitted for a
few more hours of close observation.
Below are our requirements.
Requirement
|
Cost
|
|
1
|
900
square feet of space
|
9,00,000
|
2
|
Ventilators (2)
|
15,00,000
|
3
|
Multiparamonitors
(4)
|
3,00,000
|
4
|
Syringe pumps (6)
|
3,00,000
|
5
|
Furniture
|
3,00,000
|
6
|
Electricity back-up
|
1,00,000
|
7
|
Other
instruments
|
1,00,000
|
TOTAL
COSTS
|
35,00,000
|
Well, the costs put here are only an estimate. In foreign currency,
this would be about 55,000 USD/ 42,000 Euros/60,000 AUD/16,000 KD/36,000 GBP.
Please pass this message around to friends and acquaintances
that could help us in this matter.
If anybody is interested please send me a e-mail to either jeevan@eha-health.org or jeevan53@gmail.com.
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