In Soddo, we are up above 6,000 feet elevation. \u00a0So, for much of the year, it is fairly chilly. \u00a0One of the challenges for us\u00a0is to keep newborns warm after delivery. \u00a0In the West, every delivery room has an infant warmer where the baby is placed shortly after birth. \u00a0But in Ethiopia, we had struggled to find a quality product at a good price that would do this job.<\/p>\n
That was when our pediatrician, Dr. Dave Ayer, had the great idea to make our own. \u00a0He partnered with our hospital welder Yohannes, who welded a steel frame together. \u00a0Then they mounted a space heater on the top of it. \u00a0Voila! \u00a0Our own homemade infant warmer.<\/p>\n
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In Soddo, we are up above 6,000 feet elevation. \u00a0So, for much of the year, it is fairly chilly. \u00a0One […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1843,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[75,83],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-missionary-medicine","category-national-staff"],"yoast_head":"\n