I NEED A Ventilator

Yesterday, a lady had severe pre-eclampsia, a condition, during pregnancy, which could lead to eclampsia (manifested mainly by seizures) and so had to be delivered as soon as possible.

Her baby was a premature, only 1kg, and so will require a ventilator after birth.
There are no available ventilators in Ipoh Hospital.
So we called outside, from the near hospitals to the further ones.
Finally, we managed to get one in Selayang, and so the baby went all the way to Selayang during the first few hours of life.

Today, another lady. She had bleeding placenta previa, a life threathening condition, and so, had to be delivered as soon as possible.
Estimated fetal weight - 1.8kg.
We tried as many hospitals as we could.
All the way from Perlis, right down to Johor.
Ventilators were either in use, or have already been booked.
There were none that we could book.

In the end, the caesar had to be done.
The paed's team were told to standby.
NICU Ipoh was informed.

The baby was born.
2.6kg!
The baby had to be admitted (for observation I guess), but did not require a ventilator.
Thank God for that!

But just imagine if that is not what happened.
What if the baby needed a ventilator?
Do we wean off another baby from his/her ventilator?
Or do we try all the hospitals again in hope that a ventilator has just become available?
Isn't it sad that we don't have enough ventilators?

Such a scenario is not an isolated one.
It happens many times in a week.
What would you do if that were your child?
Pray and hope that there is a ventilator available?
I guess that is the only way..