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University community creates a network to connect institutions to volunteers and support the elderly during the pandemic
Solution Shared by sara.di.fabio@patient-innovation.com on 2020-04-21 16:03
COmVIDas was born thanks to Rita Almeida e Brito (fourth-year nursing student), in partnership with a medical student, Filipa Paiva Couceiro (ageing psychologist), and two communication specialists. COmVIDas aims at organizing a help network for ...
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Teacher makes protective screens to keep students safe during the Covid-19 pandemic
Solution Shared by Ana Ribeiro on 2020-06-16 10:34
Angus Hartley, a teacher at a primary school in Cape Town, South Africa, created protective screens to keep their students safe in class. Schools all around the world were coming up with solutions for classes to take place while following the required ...
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Cross-disciplinary team develops inexpensive alternative to ventilators
Solution Shared by sara.di.fabio@patient-innovation.com on 2020-03-30 10:52
A volunteer team called MIT E-Vent, composed of engineers, physicians, computer scientists and others, is working to develop a safe and inexpensive alternative to ventilators, for emergency use. About a decade ago, some students from the Medical Device ...
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Senior student creates face masks for people with hearing impairments
Solution Shared by sara.di.fabio@patient-innovation.com on 2020-04-06 12:20
A college student from the Eastern Kentucky University is aiding the deaf and hard of hearing community by creating face masks that are suitable for them. "I just saw that people were making masks on Facebook for everyone to have instead of the ...
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