Woodworkers’ slice of ingenuity
Jan 10, 2021
3 minutes
MERVYN NAIDOO mervyn.naidoo@inl.co.za
A PATIENT demonstrates how a plastic bottle spacer works in tandem with an inhaler pump.
A GROUP of skilled woodworkers from Durban’s Highway area have adapted their trade to modify life-saving plastic bottle spacers, which are essential in treating asthmatic patients during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Members of the Woodcrafters’ Association of Durban, an organisation comprising mostly retired artisans, teamed up to create purpose-made machinery that fast-tracks the availability of
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