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Share New Delhi: Indian researchers have designed a robust, mobile group oxygen concentrator that can be used in rural settings and also be rapidly deployed in emergencies in any location.
The second wave of COVID-19 led to an acute shortage of medical oxygen. While the crisis in the bigger cities was more about rapidly responding by overcoming supply chain limitations, in smaller cities and villages, the crisis exposed the chronic lack of medical oxygen infrastructure in the country.
Overcoming the crisis required two types of solutions 5 to 10 lpm personalized O 2 concentrators for home uses and 500 lpm PSA plants for large hospitals. While the 500 Ipm plants for hospitals were robust, they lacked the portability required for deployment on resource-poor settings, while personal concentrators were too fragile to be used on a sustained basis in a hospital setting. This created a need for a robust technology with necessary portability. ....
Jawaharlal Nehru Centre s researchers develop OxyJani Jawaharlal Nehru Centre s researchers develop OxyJani 02 July 2021 | News The mobile group oxygen concentrator can be used in rural settings and also be rapidly deployed in emergencies in any location Indian researchers have designed a robust, mobile group oxygen concentrator that can be used in rural settings and also be rapidly deployed in emergencies in any location. A team from Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, an autonomous institute under the Department of Science & Technology, Government of India, developed a new solution with the name ‘OxyJani’ for addressing these novel challenges in adsorption science and engineering. ....
Nationally, 8.4% of India’s population have received the first dose, while 1.4% have been fully inoculated. NEW DELHI: Of 19 states with a population of 2 crore-plus, at least eight have covered 10% or more people each with the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine, ahead of the national average of 8.4%. And cumulatively, 1.2% of the population in these states have been fully inoculated with two doses, according to an analysis of data from the Union health ministry as of 7am on April 21. In absolute numbers, that works out to more than 10 crore people in these states put together receiving the first jab, and of them, 1.6 crore getting the full two doses. ....