Ethiopia's only respiratory therapist is making all efforts to pass on his skills in using ventilators amid the coronavirus crisis
ADDIS ABABA, April 29 - As the coronavirus epidemic gains a foothold in Ethiopia, Habtamu Kehali’s skills in operating a ventilator may, for increasing numbers of patients, mean the difference between life and death.
“We only have few patients who are under intensive care but if the number is going to increase there is a risk that we might see mismanagement of ventilators,” he told Reuters.Ethiopia has 250 confirmed cases of the disease, a tally that has almost doubled over the past eight days, with five fatalities.
Health Minister Lia Tadesse told Reuters that Ethiopia had 435 ventilators and planned to buy more, and that around 800 health professionals could operate them. Dr Jannicke Mellin-Olsen, president of the London-based World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists, said doctors and nurses could easily give oxygen to patients using masks or nasal tubes.
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