I remember when I got sick as a kid and I had to stay at the general hospital for some weeks. I vividly remember the general hospital didn’t have light at night and the nurses go about with kerosene lamps to check up patients.
Over the years, public health system seemed to have improved in Nigeria and across Africa but I was taken aback when I recently read that there was power outage when a doctor was in the operating room (OR) working hard to save the life of a patient – a child. It was a sickening news!
I did further research on the news and I was glad to know that the child survived – the doctor and all those involved in that surgical operation were prepared for such occurrences.
Such situations happen every now and then across hospitals in Africa and many have lost their lives. So you could imagine how elated I was when I heard a certain Nigerian student studying at the University of Derby in the United Kingdom has developed a device to help in the event of a power outage in the OR.
The device, a mobile medical battery called Neva, provides temporary backup electricity to surgical theatres, thereby reducing the risk associated with power outages.
Neva, which is very similar to the popular uninterruptible power supply (UPS) and can be adapted to many situations, contains replaceable lithium ion battery packs that have 60 charge cycles, providing power output that can help power critical machines during surgeries.
The battery system of Neva enables uninterrupted workflow by reducing to the barest minimum the time intensive and difficult task associated with battery management.
Speaking to This Day, 21 year-old Louise Jaiyeola Oduyoye said Neva was “developed for countries that have difficulty accessing uninterrupted power supplies so they can perform these surgeries in-country rather than fly people out.”
Louise Jaiyeola Oduyoye, who’s currently studying Mechanical Engineering at Loughborough University for her Master’s degree, created Neva as part of the requirements for obtaining her first degree in Product Design Engineering at the University of Derby.
Her invention couldn’t have come at the right time but it is my hope that it will be promptly made available to hospitals across Africa and other developing parts of the world so as to help save the lives of millions.
Over the years, public health system seemed to have improved in Nigeria and across Africa but I was taken aback when I recently read that there was power outage when a doctor was in the operating room (OR) working hard to save the life of a patient – a child. It was a sickening news!
I did further research on the news and I was glad to know that the child survived – the doctor and all those involved in that surgical operation were prepared for such occurrences.
Such situations happen every now and then across hospitals in Africa and many have lost their lives. So you could imagine how elated I was when I heard a certain Nigerian student studying at the University of Derby in the United Kingdom has developed a device to help in the event of a power outage in the OR.
The device, a mobile medical battery called Neva, provides temporary backup electricity to surgical theatres, thereby reducing the risk associated with power outages.
Neva, which is very similar to the popular uninterruptible power supply (UPS) and can be adapted to many situations, contains replaceable lithium ion battery packs that have 60 charge cycles, providing power output that can help power critical machines during surgeries.
The battery system of Neva enables uninterrupted workflow by reducing to the barest minimum the time intensive and difficult task associated with battery management.
Speaking to This Day, 21 year-old Louise Jaiyeola Oduyoye said Neva was “developed for countries that have difficulty accessing uninterrupted power supplies so they can perform these surgeries in-country rather than fly people out.”
Louise Jaiyeola Oduyoye, who’s currently studying Mechanical Engineering at Loughborough University for her Master’s degree, created Neva as part of the requirements for obtaining her first degree in Product Design Engineering at the University of Derby.
Her invention couldn’t have come at the right time but it is my hope that it will be promptly made available to hospitals across Africa and other developing parts of the world so as to help save the lives of millions.
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