NEW DELHI, April 3 — Originally created by a robot scientist and a neurosurgeon to help India’s poor, a toaster-sized ventilator is offering hope in the country’s fight against the coronavirus pandemic and demand is booming. The virus at its most lethal attacks the lungs, making ventilators...
AgVa Healthcare employee Vaibhav Gupta demonstrates using a ventilator at the research and development centre in Noida in Uttar Pradesh state. — AFP pic
With the toll rising in India, where a nationwide lockdown is in force, production of AgVa’s portable ventilator has shot up from 500 a month to 20,000. India, like most countries, has a critical shortage of beds and ventilators for its 1.3 billion people. The South Asian nation has so far reported more than 1,600 cases and 38 deaths from Covid-19.
The makers say the AgVa — which weighs just 3.5 kgs — will help move less critical patients back to their homes as their machine is easy to transport and install, and needs low power. “ICU care is very expensive. In the private sector, even the richest of rich can’t afford it for a long time,” said Vaish.With its cash-starved health system, India has only around 40,000 ventilators, and experts who have seen the coronavirus crisis explode in Europe have warned this could become a catastrophic shortage for India.
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