Pedia­tric Inten­si­ve Care Unit Asma­ra

The Pedia­tric Inten­si­ve Care Unit (PICU) in Asma­ra has been sup­port­ed and accom­pa­nied twice a year sin­ce 2015 by an ARCHEMED team, con­sis­ting of pedia­tric inten­si­ve care nur­ses and, sin­ce 2018, also a pedia­tric car­dio­lo­gist. As the Pedia­tric Inten­si­ve Care Unit did not meet the medi­cal, tech­ni­cal, and hygie­nic requi­re­ments that such a sen­si­ti­ve ward must meet, we deci­ded, tog­e­ther with the Eri­tre­an aut­ho­ri­ties, to com­ple­te­ly reno­va­te it.

In 2023, the new Pedia­tric Inten­si­ve Care Unit (PICU) was put into ope­ra­ti­on. In spa­cious and tech­ni­cal­ly func­tion­al rooms, 12 young pati­ents can now recei­ve inten­si­ve medi­cal tre­at­ment, and the­re is also an iso­la­ti­on room for infec­tious child­ren. The sup­p­ly of water and elec­tri­ci­ty is con­ti­nuous­ly ensu­red. The avai­la­bi­li­ty of oxy­gen and com­pres­sed air now pro­vi­des, for the first time, the pre­re­qui­si­tes for ven­ti­la­ti­on the­ra­py in child­ren bey­ond infan­cy and the neo­na­tal peri­od.