A doctor in Bangladesh has found a simple way to treat infant pneumonia

Re:A doctor in Bangladesh has found a simple way to treat in... by anotheramala on Monday September 10, 2018 @02:52PM (#17954083)

In USA the large companies who will lose profits from simple alternatives will make up reasons to not lose their profits.

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Re:A doctor in Bangladesh has found a simple way to treat in... by bena on Monday September 10, 2018 @03:48PM (#17954583)

From an article without a paywall:

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-40498395

Basically, they don't have access to ventilators. The current recommendation still has a mortality rate of 1:7 but the bottle method seems to be around 1:56 (if I'm reading that right).

So, the order of preference is ventilator, shampoo bottle, then low-flow oxygen. In other words, what I said. This is a case of not having access to the best method, but having something that works better than the other secondary methods.

This will not and should not replace ventilators in modern hospitals, but in places where ventilators are unavailable, this is a good solution.

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Re:A doctor in Bangladesh has found a simple way to treat in... by pkaye on Monday September 10, 2018 @03:17PM (#17954297)

What about in the EU?

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