Nine children from six to thirteen years old will go on an expedition to Everest to learn how low oxygen levels and high latitudes affect children. This research aims to develop new treatments for premature babies, children with cystic fibrosis, sickle cell anemia, congenital lung diseases or sleep disorders.
The study will be conducted by doctors and scientists from the Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children (GOSH) and the University College London's Institute of Child Health (ICH), with the support of the Smith Medical Foundation, respiratory care specialists.
Other entities also collaborate and the study director, Monty Mythen, accompanied by the children, will include the expedition, including his son and his nieces. They will also be accompanied by the professor of respiratory physiology of the aforementioned children's hospital, Janet Stocks and a group of pediatricians who will monitor the health of children at all times. The little ones will also test a new technology, a vest that will control their vital signs. Surely these children will feel in the future, if they don't feel it already, as heroes in the healing and salvation of many children.
Thanks to this research, they hope to achieve useful results to treat sick children and avoid their continued visits to the hospital.
