It is definitely a sad situation that shouldn't have happened. A child shouldn't die for lack of a place in PICU if one is available. I may be naive, but running a PICU comes with great responsibility and nowadays, creating a whatsApp (or whatever other application) network with responsible physicians in charge of PICUs is an easy task. Such a network accessible to stakeholders may be able help locating the closest PICU with available place and will help in spreading the load between PICUs working in the same area.
Eilon
CHIFA profile: Eilon Shany is a neonatologist working in the neonatal department in Soroka Medical Centre affiliated to Ben Gurion University of the Negev in Beer Sheva, Israel. He is intersted in neonatal neurology and in neonatal care in developing countries. He has worked in a district hospital in the town of Eldoret in western Kenya for a year after his graduation. He has co-conducted several workshops on basic neonatal care in India, Turkey and Ghana. These workshops are based on self learning and group discussions led by moderators and are conducted with the cooperation of local health professionals. For the last 4 years he is involved in the set up of low cost, sustainable mother and baby units in the city of Kumasi, Ghana. The project is a cooperation between the government of Israel, Millenium cities initiative and the Metro health directorate of the city of Kumasi and the Konfo Anokye teaching hospital. eshany AT bgu.ac.il
