In Vietnam, new equipment gives infants a breath of life

Name: In Vietnam, new equipment gives infants a breath of life
Uploaded: 2014-07-15T23:48:07Z
Duration: P431S
Description: Hospitals in Vietnam used to rely on imported equipment that often broke down. Now, cheaper, more usable neonatal machines are made within the country and are tailored to local conditions. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports from Hanoi on how these machines have brightened the prognosis for infants.

Clip: 07/15/2014 | 7m 11s

Hospitals in Vietnam used to rely on imported equipment that often broke down. Now, cheaper, more usable neonatal machines are made within the country and are tailored to local conditions. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports from Hanoi on how these machines have brightened the prognosis for infants.

Aired: 07/15/14

Rating: NR

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In Vietnam, new equipment gives infants a breath of life

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