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). Since then, there have been sporadic outbreaks in Africa.