Start-ups develop cost-effective devices that promise to be part of daily life
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to ravage the world, innovations are springing pleasant surprises about human ingenuity and adaptability.
Robots that dispense food and medicines, mask disinfectors and devices that, in real time, naturalise airborne bacteria and viruses are responses that have come up in a period of around a year-and-a-half, bolstering the fight against the pandemic and promising to be part of daily life even after the world conquers the virus.
Incubated at the Kerala Startup Mission (KSUM) in Kochi, Asimov Robotics has come up with cost-effective robots to dispense food, medicines, and other consumables inside isolation wards. The robot was first deployed at the Government Medical College at Kalamassery successfully. They disinfect items used by patients and allow them to communicate with doctors and relatives outside, said T . Jayakrishnan, CEO of Asimov Robotics. He added that th
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Vazhakkulam reports second shigella case in Ernakulam
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The district has reported its second case of shigella bacterial infection with a 39-year-old from Vazhakulam being diagnosed with it on Monday.
The first case was reported from Chottanikkara in the last week of December.
After the patient sought treatment at a private hospital, his samples were sent to the regional public health laboratory and the Government Medical College at Kalamassery for confirmation of the infection. The patient is recovering at the hospital.
Health officials in the district, including medical officers from the Vazhakulam and Malayidamthuruthu health centres, visited the area. A meeting of experts with the District Medical Officer-in charge and the District Surveillance Officer was held to evaluate the situation.