The New York Times Magazineoffers up a sizable dose of inspirationthis weekend with the floor of David Walmer , a recreant Dr. who ’s been saving lives in Haiti . When he realized a few year ago how cervical malignant neoplastic disease was kill many of his patient role , Walmer decidedto get creativeabout solve the problem . Oddly enough , Walmart was part of the solution .
ably labelled by The Times as “ The MacGyver Cure for Cancer , ” Walmer ’s innovation is now bonk as the CerviScope . It ’s a cheap , portable version of a colposcope that enables doc to test a womanhood ’s cervix for signs of cancer . However , until Walmer came along , these gadget were too expensive and required electricity , both pot breakers for a medical gadget to be feasible in the developing world .
What ’s a good solution when thing are too expensive ? Walmart , of course — or at least a horse sense on Walmart - enabled ingeniousness . Walmer says that his first image started with “ a halogen headlamp [ establish ] at a bicycle workshop and a light-green filter [ found ] at a camera shop . ” One of Walmer ’s unpaid worker engineers from Duke took it a level further by increase the gimmick ’s magnification power using “ the lenses from a $ 10 exercise set of binoculars bought at Walmart ” along with “ a couple of $ 16 assault and battery - powered LEDs . ”
Walmer ’s nonprofit , Family Health Ministries , is still perfecting the CerviScopes designand are getting close to lend the terms below $ 750 , at which item they think it ’ll be viable in state like Haiti . It ’s unlikely the part for the yield run will get from Walmart , even the prototype are helping save lives . MacGyver had to start somewhere , right ? [ NYTM ]
Images via Family Health Ministries
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