Ahmedabad (Gujarat):A Rajkot company had manufactured an indigenous ventilator called Dhaman-1 for the treatment of coronavirus patients during the pandemic crisis. This was disclosed by Chief Minister Vijay Rupani and Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel at the civil hospital in Ahmedabad.
However, a controversy erupted recently when it was alleged that the ventilator was inoperative. After this, civil hospital superintendent Dr M M Prabhakar gave a clarification today.
Ahmedabad Civil Hospital’s officer on special duty Dr M M Prabhakar said that both the indigenous ventilator Dhaman-1 and the high-end modern ventilator are useful in the treatment of coronavirus patients.
Dhaman-1 is useful in the initial stage of treatment of coronavirus patient when the patient needs to be artificially given oxygen but when the patient’s condition becomes critical only then the high-end ventilator is needed.
Dr Prabhakar said the Dhaman-1 ventilator is still being used in the Ahmedabad Civil Hospital. Anaesthesia specialists and other doctors engaged in the treatment of coronavirus patients on Monday gave a demonstration of Dhaman-1 ventilator and explained its utility.