‘Little did we know at the time what would become of this…
‘Little did we know at the time what would become of this photo’ - nurses Zammit and Cauchi
Giuseppe Attard
Sunday, 27 June 2021, 09:30
Last update: about 11 hours ago
In April 2020, nurses Doreen Zammit and Charmaine Cauchi were photographed in full personal protective equipment, and a new symbol of the heroes of the pandemic was born. The Malta Independent on Sunday interviewed Zammit and Cauchi on the impact a photo could have and also on their personal experiences of the pandemic.
A photo of two nurses embracing each other at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic has become a symbol for the difficulties that the health professionals went through to take care of patients who were taken ill because of the virus.
Citius Shows a Promising Future as Share Prices Keep Going up
benzinga.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from benzinga.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Edesa Biotech Team Expands Leadership Team with Key Manufacturing Appointment
tennesseedaily.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from tennesseedaily.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
STAFF REPORTER
GUWAHATI: Assam is facing an acute shortage of intensivists who are specialized doctors trained to work in the Intensive Care Units (ICUs). At present ICUs in six medical colleges & hospitals and other government hospitals mostly filled with Covid-19 patients are managed by anaesthetists as their expertise overlaps with intensivists when it comes to duties such as operating the ventilator. The critical Covid-19 patients develop a severe form of lung injury called ARDS (Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome). These patients require ventilators for survival.
Shortage of Intensivists Staff in Guwahati, Assam
To manage and treat such serious patients, government hospitals require a good number of intensivists. But none of the medical colleges in Assam has a separate critical care department to produce intensivists, a source in the Health department said.
Electrotherm Solar manufactures new-age emergency ventilators
Electrotherm Solar manufactures new-age emergency ventilators
15 June 2021 | News The Ahmedabad-based company has uniquely designed to cater to aggressive ventilatory support in clinical situations for intensely ill patients
Ahmedabad-based Electrotherm Solar has manufactured new-age emergency ventilators. The Electra Ventilator s unique design can cater to aggressive ventilatory support in clinical situations for intensely ill patients. It includes extensive ventilator modes like VC-ACMV (Volume Control-Assist control Mandatory Ventilation), BiPAP and High flow oxygen therapy.
The ventilator bears unique features like real-time tablet-based data log, tablet-based trending data storage along with a customised healthcare application. The ventilator can serve the targeted subset of patients suffering from Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) due to COVID-19; Only 10-15per cent of the patients suffering f