Solar Suitcase. A solar energy kit packaged in a suitcase can save the lives of dozens of babies in areas of the world where hospitals do not have access to electricity. In Asia, Africa and in economically poorer countries, hundreds of births each year take place thanks to the lighting of kerosene lamps alone and without the aid of appliances to be connected to the electricity grid that could be useful for the survival of newborns in an emergency. .
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Un solar energy kit enclosed in a suitcase can save the lives of dozens of babies, and their mothers, in areas of the world where they are hospital facilities they do not have access to electricity.
In Asia, Africa and in the poorest countries economically, hundreds of births each year take place thanks to it alone lighting of kerosene lamps and without the aid of appliances to be connected to the electricity network that could be useful for survival of newborns in an emergency.
It is from similar assumptions that the doctor Laura Sting and its non-profit association We Care Solar, they decided to develop a solar energy kit enclosed in a suitcase. The kit was distributed starting from 2009 in numerous hospitals in Asia, Africa and South America, under the name of “Solar Suitcase”.
There are currently about 250 solar energy kits that have reached their destination. When there is no electricity in hospitals, light in the delivery rooms it comes from kerosene lamps, or from candles or a simple mobile phone screen, if one is available.
La solar case was initially designed to be used during childbirth, but its use has recently proved useful during a cholera epidemic which involved the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The doctor who was on the spot, as reported by the CNN, during the first day after receiving the solar kit, she was able to help complete the birth of a woman expecting twins.
During the following day, the use of the solar case was essential to tackle the cholera epidemic. This made it possible to hospitalize the patients who arrived at the hospital and to submit them to the necessary care for the next 30 days, even during the night. For the first time in history, according to the doctor, no patient infected with cholera during an epidemic has died.
We Care Solar provides free of charge to hospitals in the most disadvantaged areas of the world solar kits worth $ 1500, teaching local doctors how to install them and how to use them. Funding for the realization of these projects comes thanks to the support of sponsors and organizations. This has allowed doctors, over the last few years, to to help women in childbirth and patients even at night, and to save dozens of lives, due to the possibility of having light available even in the absence of access to the electricity grid.
Marta Albè
