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		<title>DIY kidney machine saves girl</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Harris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When the tool you need doesn&#8217;t exist, you must make one. That&#8217;s exactly what [Dr. Malcolm Coulthard] and kidney nurse [Jean Crosier] from Newcastle&#8217;s Royal Victoria Infirmary did two years ago. When a baby too small for the regular dialysis machine (similar to the one pictured above) needed help after her kidneys failed, the kind [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hackaday.com&amp;blog=4779443&amp;post=2397&amp;subd=hackadaycom&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img width="450" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="220" border="0" src="http://hackadaycom.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/kidney-machine2.jpg?w=450&#038;h=220" alt="" /><br />When the tool you need doesn&#8217;t exist, you must make one. That&#8217;s exactly what [Dr. Malcolm Coulthard] and kidney nurse [Jean Crosier] from Newcastle&#8217;s Royal Victoria Infirmary did two years ago.</p>
<p>When a baby too small for the regular dialysis machine (similar to the one pictured above) needed help after her kidneys failed, the kind doctor designed and built a <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7542404.stm">smaller version of the machine</a> in his garage, then used it to save six-pound baby Millie Kelly&#8217;s life. Since then the machine has continued to be used in similar emergency situations. </p>
<p><span>[Photo: <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/nomadicentrepreneur/2369307700/">NomadicEntrepreneur</a>]</span></p>
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