DtM Field Study in Kathmandu, Nepal
DtM's Timothy Prestero and Matt Eckelman just returned from a one-week field study in Kathmandu, Nepal for our new Low-Cost Infant Incubator project. The field study was a great success. We visited infant intensive care units at five different hospitals in Kathamandu, and interviewed everyone from doctors to nurses to parents to maintenance staff and the cleaning lady. We've learned an enormous amount about the needs for neonatal care, and it's clear that we have the opportunity to make a huge difference in the health care for newborns in developing countries.
Student project teams are now getting underway at MIT, Stanford, the Rhode Island School of Design and Arizona State University. We have a follow-up trip to Nepal coming up on March 19th, which will provide the student teams an opportunity to conduct their own field research.
Infants under oxygen hoods at a Nepali pediatric ICU
DtM Fellow Matt Eckelman interviews nurses Sati Mahandar (l) and Rama Adhikari at the Kanti Children's Hospital neonatal intensive care unit in Kathmandu
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