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COVID 19

The pandemic of COVID-19 has engulfed the entire world and has posed serious challenges for the health and economic security of millions of people worldwide. In India too, the spread of coronavirus has been alarming and is posing severe health and economic ramifications for our country. The Prime Minister’s office has been receiving spontaneous and innumerable requests for making generous donations to support the government in the wake of this emergency.

A mechanical ventilator is a machine that’s used to support patients with severe respiratory conditions that impact the lungs, including pneumonia.

Current availability in India is estimated to have between 30,000 and 50,000 ventilators.
It says the US has about 160,000 and is running short in most places.

To deal with this crippling shortage of medical equipment, the Union government, banned the export of ventilators, sanitizers and other ICU equipment with immediate effect

DRDO has developed hand sanitizer, ventilators, five-layer masks and body suits.
Around 4,000 litres of hand sanitizers have been developed for the Indian Armed Forces, Security Corps and Medical corps. The organization has developed 1,500 litres for the Ministry of Defence and 300 litres for the Parliament.
DRDO is to make 20,000 to 30,000 litres of hand sanitizers per day. The cost of the sanitizers is less than Rs 120 per litre

The Indian government, on March 24, reached out to the five automobile manufacturers –Tata Motors Ltd, Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd, Hyundai Motor India Ltd, Honda Cars India Ltd and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd -to explore the possibility of manufacturing ventilators at the factories of these companies in collaboration with nine existing ventilator manufacturers.