On Tuesday, when the matter came up before the bench, D R Kale, the chief public prosecutor told the judges about the dysfunctional ventilators provided by the Union government under the PM CARES fund.
As per Kale, a total of 150 ventilators were supplied by the Union to the authorities in Aurangabad district. He submitted that a company - Jyoti CNC has manufactured these 150 ventilators with the model name âDhaman IIIâ.
Of these 150 ventilators, 17 were put to use in the government medical college and hospital Aurangabad, all of which had six flaws in total.
Noting the flaws, the bench noted, "Each of these flaws would impact the treatment process of the patients. Two appear to be extremely serious flaws pertaining to âno in-let O2 pressureâ display and âpatient becoming hypoxicâ when on ventilator. These could be life-threatening."