As imports from China keep rising, small and medium local manufacturers of medical devices have started shutting down, unable to compete on price and quality.
The letter dated January 7, accessed by News18.com, said the ministry has noted a large gap between the delivered and installed ventilators in the states. “We have repeatedly requested states/UTs to get these ventilators installed expeditiously. In addition, the ministry has sent separate state-wise reminders dated 29.09.2021 and 22.11.2021.”
The GST on ventilators, medical-grade oxygen, COVID-19 testing kits, oxygen concentrators, high flow nasal canula device, pulse oximeters and BiPAP machine have been brought down to 5 percent from 12 percent at present.
A low-cost and portable critical care ventilator, "PRANA" ("Programmable Respiratory Assistance for the Needy Aid") is based on the automated compression of an AMBU (Artificial Manual Breathing unit) bag.
To help India battle COVID-19, foreign aid is pouring in. As the second wave of the pandemic continues to extract a hefty toll and leads to a crippling shortage of medical supplies, we track the assistance from the world over, and what more is soon expected to reach.
To help India battle COVID-19, foreign aid is pouring in. As the second wave of the pandemic continues to extract a hefty toll and leads to a crippling shortage of medical supplies, we track the assistance from the world over, and what more is soon expected to reach.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi also directed that a "refresher training for properly operating ventilators" should be provided to healthcare workers if necessary.
To help India battle COVID-19, foreign aid is pouring in. As the second wave of the pandemic continues to extract a hefty toll and leads to a crippling shortage of medical supplies, we track the assistance from the world over, and what more is soon expected to reach.
To help India battle COVID-19, foreign aid is pouring in. As the second wave of the pandemic continues to extract a hefty toll and leads to a crippling shortage of medical supplies, we track the assistance from the world over, and what more is soon expected to reach.
To help India battle COVID-19, foreign aid is pouring in. As the second wave of the pandemic continues to extract a hefty toll and leads to a crippling shortage of medical supplies, we track the assistance from the world over, and what more is soon expected to reach.
To help India battle COVID-19, foreign aid is pouring in. As the second wave of the pandemic continues to extract a hefty toll and leads to a crippling shortage of medical supplies, we track the assistance from the world over, and what more is soon expected to reach.
To help India battle COVID-19, foreign aid is pouring in. As the second wave of the pandemic continues to extract a hefty toll and leads to a crippling shortage of medical supplies, we track the assistance from the world over, and what more is soon expected to reach.
Each of the three oxygen generation units the size of 40 foot freight containers produces 500 litres of oxygen per minute, enough for 50 people to use at a time.
To help India battle COVID-19, foreign aid is pouring in. As the second wave of the pandemic continues to extract a hefty toll and there is a crippling shortage of medical supplies, we track the assistance from the world over, and what more is soon expected.
To help India battle COVID-19, foreign aid is pouring in. As the second wave of the pandemic continues to extract a hefty toll and there is a crippling shortage of medical supplies, we track the assistance from the world over, and what more is soon expected.
To help India battle COVID-19, foreign aid is pouring in. As the second wave of the pandemic continues to extract a hefty toll and there is a crippling shortage of medical supplies, we track the assistance from the world over, and what more is expected.
India has reported more than 300,000 daily cases for more than 10 days straight, leaving hospitals, morgues and crematoriums overwhelmed.
The equipment comes from Britain's surplus stock and the first shipment was due to arrive in New Delhi early on Tuesday, the British foreign ministry said.
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Since the spring, U.S. medical device-makers have radically ramped up the country’s ventilator capacity by producing more than 200,000 critical care ventilators, with 155,000 of them going to the Strategic National Stockpile.
The RTI response shows that at least two companies — Jyoti CNV Automation and AMTZ Basic — to whom an advance was released, were later not recommended by the technical committee constituted under the DGHS
India earlier prohibited the export of all types of ventilators in March to ensure domestic availability to effectively fight COVID-19
Dr Mahboob Khan, the superintendent of the hospital, has claimed that the patient was never put on ventilator support, so it would be incorrect to say it was removed. He added that Kumar was suffering from Myocarditis.
The ventilators are being delivered to the Thane Health Department for use across several hospitals across the state
Maruti Suzuki Chairman RC Bhargava informed that Gujarat and Haryana state governments and Medanta Hospital in Gurugram have already requested supply of ventilators