The Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) has produced what a senior officer in the service called a ‘Heated Humidified Oxygen Therapy Unit’ amidst fear of an imminent shortage of oxygen for Covid-19 patients
The Heated Humidified Oxygen Therapy Unit, which would benefit the patients with respiratory difficulties, was officially handed over to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the Presidential Secretariat on Wednesday (12).
The President Media Division said in a press release: “In order to face the imminent shortage of ventilators in the country in the face of the COVID 19 global pandemic, the Heated Humidified Oxygen Therapy Unit was innovated with the contribution of Professor Ranil de Silva, Dr. Thilanka Ratnapala and a team of medical experts as per the instructions of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and as a concept of Vidya Jyothi Dr. Bandula Vijay, who is a renowned ambassador in the international innovation arena.