A critical Covid-19 patient’s medical oxygen requirement is approximately 86,000 litres per day. With cases exploding, states are looking to stack up on the vital life-saver.
Of 79 private hospitals in Delhi, ventilator beds at 59 of them are either all occupied or nearly so. Delhi govt, though, is not too worried since most beds in govt hospitals are still available.
The ventilators for use across the spectrum have been designed by 3 Maharashtra-based teams – Shreeyash Electro Medicals, KPIT Technologies, and Nocca Robotics.
Govt is learnt to be working on a proposal to allow PPE, ventilator manufacturers to export surplus equipment after domestic demand has been taken into account.
Officials quoted study by researchers affiliated to Washington-based Centre for Disease Dynamics, Economics and Policy and Princeton University to say 47,481 ventilators are available in India.
Indians tend to fuss more about the damage done to the Indian psyche by Thomas B Macaulay’s infamous Minute of 1835, but he was preceded in this unholy endeavour by James Mill.
A govt official said that although ATF prices for domestic market had been expected to rise 100 per cent in April, increase was moderated to 25 per cent to cushion burden on domestic passengers.
It’s easy to understand why the government can’t speak the hard truth. When this war ends, as all wars do, India’s interests will lie with both the winner and the loser.
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