Indian startup rolls out cheap ventilators for COVID-19 patients

Record ID: 1561036

  • Title: Indian startup rolls out cheap ventilators for COVID-19 patients
  • Date: 7th July 2020
  • Summary: VALVE FUNCTIONING VARIOUS OF VAISH OPERATING VENTILATOR (SOUNDBITE) (HINDI) CO-FOUNDER OF AGVA HEALTHCARE VENTILATORS, DIWAKAR VAISH, SAYING: "This is a full-fledged ICU (Intensive care unit) ventilator that could be used in the ICU's. There are different models…the ventilator which we are making now is COVID -19 specific…it has been specially designed for the COVID-19 patients." VARIOUS OF VALVE FUNCTIONING OXYGEN CYLINDER ATTACHED TO VENTILATOR (SOUNDBITE) (HINDI) CO-FOUNDER OF AGVA HEALTHCARE VENTILATORS, DIWAKAR VAISH, SAYING: "The ventilator is 5-10 times cheaper as compared to other ventilators in the world. A normal ventilator costs around 10-15 lakh rupees (13,364 - 20,047 $), but ours is only for 1.5 lakh (2,004 $)." VARIOUS OF VENTILATORS ON DISPLAY
  • Embargoed: 21st July 2020 13:22
  • Keywords: India Noida Uttar Pradesh coronavirus disease engineers medical equipment ventilators
  • Location: NOIDA, UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA
  • City: NOIDA, UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA
  • Country: India
  • Topics: Health/Medicine
  • Reuters ID: LVA003CLT8GUN
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: An India startup has designed low-cost ventilators quintessentially for COVID-19 patients as the country is battling the pandemic and a shortage of critical medical supplies.
    The government-funded AgVa Healthcare Company based in Noida city near New Delhi has made indigenous cost-effective ventilators for the patients at the Intensive Care Unit fighting the respiratory disease.
    "A normal ventilator costs around 10-15 lakh rupees (13,364 - 20,047 $), but ours is only for 1.5 lakh (2,004 $)," said the co-founder of the AgVa Healthcare ventilators, Diwakar Vaish on Tuesday (July 07).
    India, with a population of roughly 1.3 billion, likely has around 30,000-50,000 ventilators, according to an estimate by research group Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy (CDDEP).
    Various groups across India, including its top carmakers, are also assessing ways to manufacture low-cost ventilators to battle the deadly virus that also already claimed the lives of over 20,000 people.
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