Two new bio-containment pods have been put on stand-by at Vancouver International Airport as part of an effort to contain highly infectious diseases before they spread.
Produced by the Norwegian company EpiGuard AS, the EpiShuttle pods resemble larger versions of neo-natal incubators used to keep pre-term babies warm.
Only instead of containing heat, the enclosed structures seal off the spread of dangerous pathogens like the Ebola virus or something that has yet to be discovered, according to a press release from the Fraser Health Authority.
The pods can then be loaded onto ambulances, helicopters and airplanes to more safely shuttle highly infectious patients to and from B.C.’s Biocontainment Treatment Centre at Surrey Memorial Hospital.
Inside the pod,
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