Dearth of talent to fit new ventilators prompts engineer trio to make a difference

Pankaj Chhirsagar, stepped forward to take up the mission after he was shaken to see a close friend succumbing to shortness of breath triggered by Covid-19. He learned that although many government hospitals in Indore have received ventilators under the PM-CARES central scheme, many are lying unutilized due to the absence of skilled technicians on the payroll.

Indore (Madhya Pradesh):Pankaj Chhirsagar, a production engineer by profession, joined hands with two like-minded professionals to assemble and operationalize the unutilized and new ventilators at the government hospitals in Indore.

Chhirsagar, stepped forward to take up the mission after he was shaken to see a close friend succumbing to shortness of breath triggered by Covid-19. He learned that although many government hospitals in Indore have received ventilators under the PM-CARES central scheme, many are lying unutilized due to the absence of skilled technicians on the payroll.

He took to social media to reach out to like-minded people to help him. His efforts bore fruits when he got in touch with Chirag Shah, a mechanical engineer.

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They soon met the superintendent of MY hospital, Dr. PS Thaur to try and understand the technical help the facility requires.

The duo soon learned about the situation of ventilators in the hospital which has no technical engineer to install the breathing aids.

Chhirsagar and Shah promised the hospital authorities to assemble the ventilators. Chhirsagar also took help from his friend, Shailendra Singh, who is a Civil Engineer.

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The trio soon began assembling the ventilators. They initially took four hours to assemble the first set, however, at the end of the day they successfully assembly nine ventilators at MY Hospital.

Till now, the trio had installed almost 100 ventilators at government hospitals in Dhar, Shajapur, Rajgarh, Sagar, and Bundelkhand.

Despite not being biomedical engineers, their enthusiasm and skill to install ventilators are now being discussed on social media.

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