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  • John Kasakula, a patient at Neno District Hospital, will rely on medical oxygen for the rest of his life. Suffering from reduced lung capacity, access to oxygen keeps him alive.<br />
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Oxygen stories for the Bring O2 grant.<br />
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Photographed at Neno District Hospital in rural Malawi, by PIH photo editor Thomas Patterson on Aug. 25, 2022.
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  • John Kasakula, a patient at Neno District Hospital, will rely on medical oxygen for the rest of his life. Suffering from reduced lung capacity, access to oxygen keeps him alive.<br />
<br />
Oxygen stories for the Bring O2 grant.<br />
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Photographed at Neno District Hospital in rural Malawi, by PIH photo editor Thomas Patterson on Aug. 25, 2022.
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  • John Kasakula, a patient at Neno District Hospital, will rely on medical oxygen for the rest of his life. Suffering from reduced lung capacity, access to oxygen keeps him alive.<br />
<br />
Oxygen stories for the Bring O2 grant.<br />
<br />
Photographed at Neno District Hospital in rural Malawi, by PIH photo editor Thomas Patterson on Aug. 25, 2022.
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  • Dr. Ninza Sheyo helps direct the care of a tuberculosis patient at PIH-supported Botsabelo MDR-TB Hospital in Maseru, Lesotho.
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  • Oxygen canisters outside PIH-supported Botsabelo MDR-TB Hospital in Maseru, Lesotho.
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  • The oxygen plant at Neno District Hospital provides medical oxygen for health centers throughout Malawi’s rural Neno District. In the blue hard hat is oxygen plant operator Yamikani Frank, and in the white lab coat is biomedical engineer Clement Mbobe...Oxygen stories for the Bring O2 grant. Photographed at Neno District Hospital in rural Malawi, by PIH photo editor Thomas Patterson on Aug. 25, 2022..<br />
EDIT: Luckson Dullie says Clement's last name is spelled 'Mbowe.'<br />
EDIT: Clement Mbowe passed away in October 2022.
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  • A young patient on oxygen rests in the pediatric ward at Chikwawa District Hospital.<br />
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An oxygen concentrator in the pediatric ward.
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  • The oxygen plant at Neno District Hospital provides medical oxygen for health centers throughout Malawi’s rural Neno District. In the blue hard hat is oxygen plant operator Yamikani Frank, and in the white lab coat is biomedical engineer Clement Mbobe...Oxygen stories for the Bring O2 grant. Photographed at Neno District Hospital in rural Malawi, by PIH photo editor Thomas Patterson on Aug. 25, 2022..<br />
EDIT: Luckson Dullie says Clement's last name is spelled 'Mbowe.'<br />
EDIT: Clement Mbowe passed away in October 2022.
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  • Future improvements thanks to the Bring O2 grant will include oxygen infrastructure at Mwanza District Hospital. Wearing a white lab coat is Clement Mbowe, PIH biomedical engineer...Workers at Mwanza District Hospital inspect and replace empty oxygen tanks with full ones. Medical oxygen is used by clinicians to help patients with a variety of needs...Photographed in Mwanza, Malawi, on Aug. 24, 2022, by PIH photo editor Thomas Patterson.<br />
EDIT: Luckson Dullie says Clement's last name is spelled 'Mbowe.'<br />
EDIT: Clement Mbowe passed away in October 2022.
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  • Workers at Mwanza District Hospital inspect and replace empty oxygen tanks with full ones. Medical oxygen is used by clinicians to help patients with a variety of needs.<br />
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Photographed in Mwanza, Malawi, on Aug. 24, 2022, by PIH photo editor Thomas Patterson.
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  • Future improvements thanks to the Bring O2 grant will include oxygen infrastructure at Mwanza District Hospital. Wearing a white lab coat is Clement Mbobe, PIH biomedical engineer...Workers at Mwanza District Hospital inspect and replace empty oxygen tanks with full ones. Medical oxygen is used by clinicians to help patients with a variety of needs...Photographed in Mwanza, Malawi, on Aug. 24, 2022, by PIH photo editor Thomas Patterson..Wearing a yellow hard hat is Yohane Kamwana.<br />
EDIT: Luckson Dullie says Clement's last name is spelled 'Mbowe.'<br />
EDIT: Clement Mbowe passed away in October 2022.
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  • Workers at Mwanza District Hospital inspect and replace empty oxygen tanks with full ones. Medical oxygen is used by clinicians to help patients with a variety of needs.<br />
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Photographed in Mwanza, Malawi, on Aug. 24, 2022, by PIH photo editor Thomas Patterson.
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  • Workers at Mwanza District Hospital inspect and replace empty oxygen tanks with full ones. Medical oxygen is used by clinicians to help patients with a variety of needs.<br />
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Photographed in Mwanza, Malawi, on Aug. 24, 2022, by PIH photo editor Thomas Patterson.<br />
Wearing a yellow hard hat is Yohane Kamwana.
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  • Dr. Ninza Sheyo helps direct the care of a tuberculosis patient at PIH-supported Botsabelo MDR-TB Hospital in Maseru, Lesotho.Dr. Meseret Tamirat, MDR-TB hospital manager, is shorter with a red-lined jacket beneath his white lab coat.<br />
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Mpho Pholoanyane, critical care nurse, wears glasses and blue scrubs.
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  • Dr. Ninza Sheyo helps direct the care of a tuberculosis patient at PIH-supported Botsabelo MDR-TB Hospital in Maseru, Lesotho.<br />
<br />
Dr. Meseret Tamirat, MDR-TB hospital manager, is shorter with a red-lined jacket beneath his white lab coat.<br />
<br />
Mpho Pholoanyane, critical care nurse, wears glasses and blue scrubs.
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  • During a disastrous pregnancy and labor, Bertha Kevin’s life was saved thanks to available medical oxygen and clinicians. She and her mother-in-law Elechita Madeu return to Chapananga Health Centre in rural Chapananga, Malawi.<br />
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Photographed Aug. 21, 2022, by PIH photo editor Thomas Patterson.
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  • During a disastrous pregnancy and labor, Bertha Kevin’s life was saved thanks to available medical oxygen and clinicians. She and her mother-in-law Elechita Madeu return to Chapananga Health Centre in rural Chapananga, Malawi.<br />
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Photographed Aug. 21, 2022, by PIH photo editor Thomas Patterson.
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  • Likotsi Khoro and other workers haul full oxygen tanks from the oxygen plant from the main hospital.<br />
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Workers load full oxygen tanks from the oxygen plant at Botsabelo MDR-TB Hospital into a truck and then inside the hospital itself. The workers do not yet have proper PPE or a new truck with secure tie-downs, which will be provided as part of the Bring O2 grant.<br />
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Photographed by PIH photo editor Thomas Patterson on Aug, 18, 2022.
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  • Workers at Mwanza District Hospital inspect and replace empty oxygen tanks with full ones. Medical oxygen is used by clinicians to help patients with a variety of needs.<br />
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Photographed in Mwanza, Malawi, on Aug. 24, 2022, by PIH photo editor Thomas Patterson.
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  • In the pediatric ward. Workers at Mwanza District Hospital inspect and replace empty oxygen tanks with full ones. Medical oxygen is used by clinicians to help patients with a variety of needs.<br />
<br />
Photographed in Mwanza, Malawi, on Aug. 24, 2022, by PIH photo editor Thomas Patterson.
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  • Wearing a yellow hard hat is Yohane Kamwana. In the pediatric ward. Workers at Mwanza District Hospital inspect and replace empty oxygen tanks with full ones. Medical oxygen is used by clinicians to help patients with a variety of needs.<br />
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Photographed in Mwanza, Malawi, on Aug. 24, 2022, by PIH photo editor Thomas Patterson.
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  • Wearing a yellow hard hat is Yohane Kamwana. In the pediatric ward. Workers at Mwanza District Hospital inspect and replace empty oxygen tanks with full ones. Medical oxygen is used by clinicians to help patients with a variety of needs.<br />
<br />
Photographed in Mwanza, Malawi, on Aug. 24, 2022, by PIH photo editor Thomas Patterson.
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  • Wearing a yellow hard hat is Yohane Kamwana. Workers at Mwanza District Hospital inspect and replace empty oxygen tanks with full ones. Medical oxygen is used by clinicians to help patients with a variety of needs.<br />
<br />
Photographed in Mwanza, Malawi, on Aug. 24, 2022, by PIH photo editor Thomas Patterson.
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  • Wearing a yellow hard hat is Yohane Kamwana. Future improvements thanks to the Bring O2 grant will include oxygen infrastructure at Mwanza District Hospital. Wearing a white lab coat is Clement Mbobe, PIH biomedical engineer....Medical oxygen is used by clinicians to help patients with a variety of needs...Photographed at Mwanza District Hospital in Malawi, on Aug. 24, 2022, by PIH photo editor Thomas Patterson.<br />
EDIT: Luckson Dullie says Clement's last name is spelled 'Mbowe.'<br />
EDIT: Clement Mbowe passed away in October 2022.
    malawi_20220824_mwanza_oxygen_tpatte...jpg
  • The oxygen plant at Neno District Hospital provides medical oxygen for health centers throughout Malawi’s rural Neno District. In the blue hard hat is oxygen plant operator Yamikani Frank, and in the white lab coat is biomedical engineer Clement Mbobe...Oxygen stories for the Bring O2 grant. Photographed at Neno District Hospital in rural Malawi, by PIH photo editor Thomas Patterson on Aug. 25, 2022..<br />
EDIT: Luckson Dullie says Clement's last name is spelled 'Mbowe.'<br />
EDIT: Clement Mbowe passed away in October 2022.
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  • Dr. Medson Boti meets with John Kasakula, a patient at Neno District Hospital who will rely on medical oxygen for the rest of his life. Suffering from reduced lung capacity, access to oxygen keeps him alive.<br />
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John Kasakula, a patient at Neno District Hospital, will rely on medical oxygen for the rest of his life. Suffering from reduced lung capacity, access to oxygen keeps him alive.<br />
<br />
Oxygen stories for the Bring O2 grant.<br />
<br />
Photographed at Neno District Hospital in rural Malawi, by PIH photo editor Thomas Patterson on Aug. 25, 2022.
    malawi_20220825_neno_hospital_tpatte...jpg
  • The oxygen plant at Neno District Hospital provides medical oxygen for health centers throughout Malawi’s rural Neno District. In the blue hard hat is oxygen plant operator Yamikani Frank, and in the white lab coat is biomedical engineer Clement Mbobe...Oxygen stories for the Bring O2 grant. Photographed at Neno District Hospital in rural Malawi, by PIH photo editor Thomas Patterson on Aug. 25, 2022..<br />
EDIT: Luckson Dullie says Clement's last name is spelled 'Mbowe.'<br />
EDIT: Clement Mbowe passed away in October 2022.
    malawi_20220825_neno_hospital_tpatte...jpg
  • The oxygen plant at Neno District Hospital provides medical oxygen for health centers throughout Malawi’s rural Neno District. In the blue hard hat is oxygen plant operator Yamikani Frank, and in the white lab coat is biomedical engineer Clement Mbobe...Oxygen stories for the Bring O2 grant. Photographed at Neno District Hospital in rural Malawi, by PIH photo editor Thomas Patterson on Aug. 25, 2022..<br />
EDIT: Luckson Dullie says Clement's last name is spelled 'Mbowe.'<br />
EDIT: Clement Mbowe passed away in October 2022.
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  • The oxygen plant at Neno District Hospital provides medical oxygen for health centers throughout Malawi’s rural Neno District. In the blue hard hat is oxygen plant operator Yamikani Frank, and in the white lab coat is biomedical engineer Clement Mbobe...Oxygen stories for the Bring O2 grant. Photographed at Neno District Hospital in rural Malawi, by PIH photo editor Thomas Patterson on Aug. 25, 2022..<br />
EDIT: Luckson Dullie says Clement's last name is spelled 'Mbowe.'<br />
EDIT: Clement Mbowe passed away in October 2022.
    malawi_20220825_neno_hospital_tpatte...jpg
  • The oxygen plant at Neno District Hospital provides medical oxygen for health centers throughout Malawi’s rural Neno District. In the blue hard hat is oxygen plant operator Yamikani Frank, and in the white lab coat is biomedical engineer Clement Mbobe. Oxygen stories for the Bring O2 grant...Photographed at Neno District Hospital in rural Malawi, by PIH photo editor Thomas Patterson on Aug. 25, 2022.<br />
EDIT: Luckson Dullie says Clement's last name is spelled 'Mbowe.'<br />
EDIT: Clement Mbowe passed away in October 2022.
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  • The journey from the capital Maseru to Lebakeng Health Center in rural Eastern Lesotho involves a seven-hour drive over rocky mountain passes, a PIH-supported boat ride over the Senqu River, then a steep hike up the adjoining hill.
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  • Dr. Ninza Sheyo helps direct the care of a tuberculosis patient at PIH-supported Botsabelo MDR-TB Hospital in Maseru, Lesotho.<br />
<br />
Dr. Meseret Tamirat, MDR-TB hospital manager, is shorter with a red-lined jacket beneath his white lab coat.<br />
<br />
Mpho Pholoanyane, critical care nurse, wears glasses and blue scrubs.
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  • Dr. Ninza Sheyo helps direct the care of a tuberculosis patient at PIH-supported Botsabelo MDR-TB Hospital in Maseru, Lesotho.<br />
<br />
Dr. Meseret Tamirat, MDR-TB hospital manager, is shorter with a red-lined jacket beneath his white lab coat.<br />
<br />
Mpho Pholoanyane, critical care nurse, wears glasses and blue scrubs.
    lesotho_20220815_botsabelo_hospital_...jpg
  • Dr. Ninza Sheyo helps direct the care of a tuberculosis patient at PIH-supported Botsabelo MDR-TB Hospital in Maseru, Lesotho.<br />
<br />
Dr. Meseret Tamirat, MDR-TB hospital manager, is shorter with a red-lined jacket beneath his white lab coat.<br />
<br />
Mpho Pholoanyane, critical care nurse, wears glasses and blue scrubs.
    lesotho_20220815_botsabelo_hospital_...jpg
  • Oxygen workers Ratanang Montsonyane (in beanie) and Koali Letete (cap). The oxygen plant produces medical oxygen for patients at Botsabelo and surrounding health centers. PIH-supported Botsabelo MDR-TB Hospital in Maseru, Lesotho.
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  • Workers load full oxygen tanks from the oxygen plant at Botsabelo MDR-TB Hospital into a truck and then inside the hospital itself. The workers do not yet have proper PPE or a new truck with secure tie-downs, which will be provided as part of the Bring O2 grant.<br />
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Photographed by PIH photo editor Thomas Patterson on Aug, 18, 2022.
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  • Workers load full oxygen tanks from the oxygen plant at Botsabelo MDR-TB Hospital into a truck and then inside the hospital itself. The workers do not yet have proper PPE or a new truck with secure tie-downs, which will be provided as part of the Bring O2 grant.<br />
<br />
Photographed by PIH photo editor Thomas Patterson on Aug, 18, 2022.
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