Gandhinagar: Civil hospital in Ahmedabad is in urgent requirement of high-end ventilators as existing ventilators of Dhaman-1 and AGV brands are not giving desired results.

A letter from Superintendence of Asarwa based Civil hospital to Gandhinagar based GMSCL (Gujarat Medical Services Corporation Limited) is leaked in media.

‘ GMSCL had provided Dhaman-1 and AGV ventilators to Civil hospital for treatment of patients but head of Anesthesia department has conveyed that both ventilators are not able to bring desired results in patients. Therefore a 1200-bed Covid19 hospital urgently requires 50 high end ICU ventilator (adult) and another 50 such ventilators are required at IKDRC(Kidney hospital),’ the letter reads.

The letter has been written, based on representation made before the Deputy Chief Minister in a meeting on May 15.

Meanwhile reacting to this, Parakramsinh Jadeja, owner of Jyoti CNC, a Rajkot based company that made Dhaman-1 ventilator, said the government needs to purchase two pieces of accessories that are high-flow meter and humidified. Jadeja said, his company doesn’t make these attachments and they are procured from outside. He said his company is going to give demonstration in this regard tomorrow.

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