Making a difference
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You can rest assured that every training workshop you take part in and every oximeter you help distribute, makes a real difference to colleagues and patients. Here are just some of their stories:
'Thanks again for this wonderful and lifesaving equipment.' (Christian Leepo, Princess Margaret Hospital, Tuvalu)
'Things have wonderfully improved in our theatre since the arrival of the oximeter. Many of our gynaecological operations are done under general anaesthesia; most often than not I do experience desaturations at the end of anaesthesia. This little but marvelous equipment have always help me to administer oxygen on time. As of now the equipment is functioning well and with no problems. it is continuesly helping us to cut down the number of incidence and accidents in our operating room.' (Ndikaka Williams, Cameroon)
'You probably know what its like in resource poor settings - we use stuff till it falls apart, tape it together and use it again. The monitor that was in that theatre was donated years ago, and while the automated BP has been resurrected on several occasions and the ECG makes most patients look like they are shivering - they are both good enough. However the pulse oximeter was not resurrectable and the LifeBox is taking over that role. Also, the backup battery for that monitor has failed too, so that when the power fails - which happens several times on a good day and 20 times on a bad day - the LifeBox works on and gives us useful info till the generator or local supply eventually kicks in.' (Steve Pickering, Tansen Mission Hospital, Nepal)
Lifebox oximeters are now in use for relief operations with a number of agencies
Training in Myanmar, 2013