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May 07, 2021 10:40 IST
SwasthVayu, the briefcase-sized ventilator weighs under 3 kg and can be useful for mild to moderate COVID-19 patients, Managing Director Baddam Jaipal Reddy told presspersons on Wednesday.
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SwasthVayu, the briefcase-sized ventilator weighs under 3 kg and can be useful for mild to moderate COVID-19 patients, Managing Director Baddam Jaipal Reddy told presspersons on Wednesday.
Defence, aerospace design and development solutions provider Apollo Computing Laboratories has indigenously developed a portable, non-invasive ventilator.
SwasthVayu, the briefcase-sized ventilator weighs under 3 kg and can be useful for mild to moderate COVID-19 patients, Managing Director Baddam Jaipal Reddy told presspersons on Wednesday. It delivers oxygen through a non-vented mask tightly fitted to the face, without a need for tracheal intubation or a tube being inserted through the mouth into the windpipe.
ACL develops indigenous non-invasive ventilator
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Wed, May 5 2021 20:33 IST |
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Bijnor had 24 ventilators but none to run them for nearly a year.. Image Source: IANS News
Hyderabad, May 5 : Hyderabad-based Apollo Computing Laboratories (ACL), a leading defence, aerospace design and development solutions provider, on Wednesday announced the unveiling of the indigenously-developed, portable non-invasive ventilator - the world s first of its kind.
The briefcase-sized SwasthVayu, weighing less than three kg, can be utilised in medical wards, make-shift hospitals, dispensaries, home healthcare operators and homes for treating Covid as well as non-Covid ailments like lung disease, sleep apnea, respiratory weakness etc.
An 11-year-old girl from Andhra Pradesh got a new lease of life thanks to timely help provided by Telangana legislator K. Kavitha, daughter of Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao.Gnapika, a resident of Kandukur village in Prakasam district of .
Telangana takes control of Tocilizumab injections for Covid patients
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Centre made interim allocation of Tocilizumab to states. Image Source: IANS News
Hyderabad, April 30 : The Telangana government has taken control of distribution of Tocilizumab injection for Covid-19 patients in the state.
The state government on Friday constituted a committee for allocation of Tocilizumab drug to Covid-19 patients in government and private hospitals in the state.
The three-member committee comprises the Director of the Nizam s Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS), the Director of Medical Education, and the Director of Public Health and Family Welfare, as per the order issued by state Health, Medical and Family Welfare Secretary S. A. M. Rizvi.
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| Photo Credit: The State Government has constituted a high-power committee for allocation of Tocilizumab drug to Covid-19 patients in government and private hospitals in the State.
The committee will comprise of Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences director and directors of Medical Education and Public Health and Family Welfare as its members. The office of the Director of Medical Education would receive the request for Tocilizumab from the hospitals for specific patients and place it before the committee.
The patient-wise request from hospitals should have detailed recommendation of a team of three specialist doctors from the hospitals which is indenting the drug after assessment of the patient’s condition. The committee should satisfy criteria like no active bacteria/fungal/tubercular infection, not improving despite use of steroids, significantly raised inflammatory markers and presence of severe disease (preferably within 24 to 48 hours