Paed­ia­tric inten­si­ve care unit, Asma­ra

The paed­ia­tric inten­si­ve care unit (PICU) in Asma­ra has been sup­port­ed and super­vi­sed twice a year sin­ce 2015 by an ARCHEMED team con­sis­ting of paed­ia­tric inten­si­ve care nur­ses and, sin­ce 2018, a paed­ia­tric car­dio­lo­gist. Sin­ce the paed­ia­tric inten­si­ve care unit did not meet the medi­cal, tech­ni­cal and hygie­nic requi­re­ments that must be met by such a sen­si­ti­ve unit, we deci­ded tog­e­ther with the Eri­tre­an aut­ho­ri­ties to reno­va­te it from the ground up.
In 2023, the new paed­ia­tric inten­si­ve care unit (PICU) was put into ope­ra­ti­on. In spa­cious and tech­ni­cal­ly func­tion­al rooms, 12 young pati­ents can now recei­ve inten­si­ve medi­cal care, and the­re is also an iso­la­ti­on room for child­ren with infec­tious dise­a­ses. The sup­p­ly of water and elec­tri­ci­ty is gua­ran­teed throug­hout. The avai­la­bi­li­ty of oxy­gen and com­pres­sed air means that, for the first time, the con­di­ti­ons are in place for respi­ra­to­ry the­ra­py in child­ren bey­ond the pre­ma­tu­re and neo­na­tal age.