DIY Ventilation System Keeps a Poor Chinese Girl ALIVE!
A Chinese girl, who was forced out of the hospital due to lack of money, was able to live through the horrifying experience by her parents who made her a DIY air ventilation system using a bike, electric motor, and some washing machine parts.
Ji Xiaoyan, 15, was taken off her ventilator and discharged from hospital in China as her family could no longer afford to pay her medical bills, The Associated Press reports.
Not to be deterred, however, her family made her a makeshift ventilator from bicycle and washing machine parts, driven by a noisy electric motor. The contraption pumped air into the teenager’s lungs through a washer hose plugged into an incision in her throat for more than a month, until the family got donations for treatment.
Tags: alive, chinese girl, diy ventilation system, poor
August 30th, 2010 at 5:53 am
Hi,
Quite interesting to find. If you don’t already have a good vent system in place, you should consider installing one to improve your indoor air quality. Recirculating vent fans – those without a duct running outside – also should be replaced, since all they really do is pretend to filter the air before blowing it right back into the kitchen.
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