Counter to everything you ’ve ever been tell , it appear that wrap babies ’ drumhead in plastic bags may very well be the key fruit to a full and happy life-time — at least for those born of obturate labor , anyway . And what ’s more , this refreshing idea come about from one of the most unconvincing source : a car car-mechanic stargaze about wine .
According to the New York Times , close to 10 percent of the 137 million baby being expect worldwide every class support from serious nascency - related consequences , and another 5.6 are stillborn or die quick after birth . The Odón machine aims to fix that .
But Argentian Jorge Odón was n’t thinking about any of that when the mind struck him . It all really started when Odón was watching a YouTube video ( above ) about extracting a rogue cork from an empty bottle of wine . Later , after repose down to sleep , Odón claims the theme simply came to him in a aspiration ( as the honest ideasare wo nt to do ) , so he did what any enterprising psyche would : rushed into the kitchen , stuff his daughter ’s wench into a glass jounce , and draw out her right back out using a fabric bag as his image . The chick lived , and Odón go on to acquire the honored secondment of the World Health Organization . Now , a medical engineering ship’s company right here in the USA has licensed his baby purse for tangible life output .
presently in these obstruct labor situation , the best options ( once a caesarian section has been ruled out ) are large pliers or suction loving cup clamp down on the child ’s head to pull out it out , which can have serious consequences to the babe ’s present and next health in untrained hands . The Odón machine , however , has thus far seems to be perfectly good in the deal of midwives lack formal training . Although , further testing is still underway .
Dr. Mario Merialdi , he W.H.O. ’s principal coordinator for improving enate and perinatal health , was one of the first to endorse the Odón equipment . As he recount The New York Times :
This problem needed someone like Jorge . An accoucheur would have attempt to meliorate the forceps or the vacuum cartridge extractor , but obstructed labor needed a mechanic . And 10 year ago , this would not have been potential . Without YouTube , he never would have seen the video .
There ’s no timeline yet for when we might start seeing the gimmick adorn hospital around the commonwealth , but incredibly , it ’s one of the first existent onward motion in the field of childbirth in year . And it ’s all thanks to one sleepy-eyed machinist . [ NY Times ]
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