Aurangabad (Maharashtra): A group of engineering students of Government Engineering College of Aurangabad has come up with an innovative low-cost ventilator design, using locally available materials, to help the government in its fight against Covid-19. The multi-screen ventilator will provide immediate help by supplying right amount of artifical oxygen to the critical Covid-19 patients.
The cost of the ventilator has been kept below Rs 3 lakhs and it can be controlled on doctor’s mobile phone and hospital's medical set-up at the same time. The innovation comes at a time when Central government had urged to the citizens to develop modern technological equipment in hospitals to assist the doctors.
Principal of the Engineering College Dr. Yogesh Sathe said, "The current need of medical infrastructure in this pandemic triggered this innovation. This multiscreen ventilator can be controlled on doctor’s mobile phone and hospital simultaneously. This will help in providing immediate treatment to critical patients."
"At present, the country is witnessing a huge spike of Covid-19 cases and this has increased the demand for ventilators in the market. It is not possible for doctors to visit coronavirus patients as it increases the risk of transmission of the virus. This ingenious multi-screen ventilator has a screen which can be operated with the help of a cell-phone, thus it will help in making immediate changes in emergency cases," said Ashfaq Siddiqui, an alumnus of the college, who also played a key role in this ventilator development."
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Expressing a similar view, Dr. Pankaj Vairagad, surgeon of Ghati Hospital said, "These low-cost ventilators will provide right amount of artifical oxygen. But care has to be taken that it does not affect the health of the patients. It is a blessing for the doctors."
Dr Pranesh Muramal, professor of the Engineering College said, "The ventilator has been developed using limited resources. We have informed about this to the Central Government and after getting a nod from the concerned department, we will proceed further."
