Friday 10 August 2012

Un used medical equipments...................




Medical equipments ,which are allocated by the rich countries to the developing nations, are

going of  no-usage.  As per the new report published on global health technology ,by the

famous medical   journal "The Lancet" and by Imperial College London, shows that as much

as 40% of of medical  equipments which are catered to poor countries goes un used.


The reports further adds," But technology does have the potential to do much,  much more

for global  health and longevity ".


In most of the hospitals ,health care centres, the equipments is not fully used. This because,

the  donors of rich world does not fully think the exact requirement of the equipment interms

of exact  required ,sizes.


The reports also flashes on ,

" Some low-income countries receive as much as 80% of their medical devices as donations. Although well-intentioned, donations can place a burden on recipients; [for example,] oxygen concentrators donated to a Gambian tertiary hospital required a voltage incompatible with the electricity supply in that country. Time-consuming attempts were made to find a solution without success ".
 
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