S3 Ep 3 - Medical Tech Transforms Third Worlds
Xploration Earth 2050
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Humans have always used their best technology to save lives, and new tech, and even some OLD tech, is now being employed by doctors the world over. Chuck Pell meets a designer who uses old car parts to help 3rd world doctors keep babies from getting jaundice. He takes a stroll in a wheelchair that’s built to work like an All-Terrain-Vehicle. And doctors and botanists join forces to GROW medicines.
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