In a bid to combat the recent surge of the Ebola Virus Disease, two germ-killing robots have been taken from the US to hospitals in Moronvia and Liberia.
Fox News reports that it was deemed necessary so as to combat the deadly disease through the use of innovative disinfection technology. The hospitals involved are: the JFK Hospital and ELWA Hospital both in Monrovia, Republic of Liberia, both hotspots of the Ebola disease outbreak.
TRU-D SmartUVC ultraviolet disinfection device on display
The robots are put in place to disinfect the places where Ebola patients are being treated. According to the developer, the robot works by generating ultraviolet light energy that modifies the DNA structure of viral pathogens, like Ebola, so that they cannot reproduce.
Viruses that cannot reproduce cannot colonise and harm patients,” the inventor, a tropical disease expert and medical anthropologist Dr. Jeffery L. Deal noted in an interview.
Shows UV device in action (in the process of disinfection)
Deal made it known that the robot, TRU-D SmartUVC technology was developed to combat the devastating effects of hospital acquired infections. He further said:“Unlike many diseases, Ebola strikes hospital workers more than any other group, making it the ultimate hospital acquired infection.”http://www.naij.com/280889-ebola-cure-robot-invention.html