A teardrop-shaped island cast adrift in the Indian Ocean, Sri lanka is filled with cultural and natural treasures. Indians, Portuguese, Dutch and British have all left their marks here, making for a delightful mix of ancient cities, monuments and grand colonial architecture.
An external ventricular drain (EVD) is a temporary drain that drains cerebro-spinal fluid (CSF) from the lateral ventricles in the centre of the brain to an external reservoir. The EVD consists of a thin plastic tube (catheter) which is placed into the ventricles of the brain and connected to an external drainage system. The two main reasons EVDs are inserted are:
Ebola virus disease (EVD) is a rare and often-fatal infection caused by one of the five strains of the Ebola virus. Ebola first appeared in 1976 in a simultaneous outbreak in the areas that are now Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).