AUSTRIAN GOVERNMENT DONATES 300,000 EUROS WORTH EQUIPMENT TO GYUMRI HOSPITAL

ARMENPRESS
Jan 22, 2008

GYUMRI, JANUARY 22, ARMENPRESS; The government of Austria donated
over 300,000 euros worth modern mobile infant transport incubators
and respiratory devices to a children’s hospital in Armenia’s second
largest town of Gyumri.

The hospital was built by Austria in the wake of the 1988 quake that
razed the town to ground.

Ashik Daribaldian, head of infant rehabilitation division of the
hospital, said to Armenpress the donation is very important for safe
transpiration of infants.

He said the advantage of the donation is that the incubators can
easily move to a hospital early born infants. He said the staff had
a training course in Austria.

Transporting sick or premature infants may be necessary between
hospitals or between different locations in the same hospital. A
transport incubator provides a temperature-controlled, mobile
environment for the baby which is run from an independent power supply
or the dc supply provided in ambulances and helicopters. The incubators
have a means of controlling the humidification level in the enclosure.