India continues to reel under a relentless second wave of coronavirus. While urban India is showing a some semblance of order, rural India, particularly the interiors of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar – two of India’s most populous states have imploded and the situation has turned very grim.
According to a report in the Indian Express, “between May 2 and May 8, as many as 306 districts just under half of the country were reporting a positivity rate of more than 20 per cent.”
Without beds and doctors in hundreds villages spread across the vastness of India, how can any system, reach out to the millions who need urgent/immediate help in this pandemic?
Centre approves procurement of 1.5 lakh units of DRDO s oxygen supply systems
Under the sanction, 1,00,000 manual and 50,000 automatic Oxycare systems along with non-rebreather masks are being procured, the defence ministry said in a release
BusinessToday.In | May 12, 2021 | Updated 16:47 IST
Oxycare is a SpO2 based Oxygen Supply System which regulates the oxygen being administered to patients based on the sensed SpO2 levels
The PM CARES Fund, on Wednesday approved the procurement of 1,50,000 units of the Oxycare System developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) at a cost of Rs 322.5 crore.
Oxycare is a SpO2 based Oxygen Supply System which regulates the oxygen being administered to patients based on the sensed SpO2 levels. Under the sanction, 1,00,000 manual and 50,000 automatic Oxycare systems along with non-rebreather masks are being procured, the defence ministry said in a release.
This system was developed by drdo S Defence Bio-Engineering & Electro Medical Laboratory, Bengaluru, for soldiers posted at extreme high-altitude areas.
NEW DELHI: The government has approved the procurement of 1.5 lakh units of the DRDO-developed ‘Oxycare’ system, which regulates the oxygen being administered to patients based on the sensed SpO levels, at a cost of Rs 322 crore.
The defence ministry on Wednesday said 1 lakh manual and 50,000 automatic Oxycare systems, along with non-rebreather masks, will be procured under the sanction accorded by the PM Cares Fund.
“The Oxycare system delivers supplemental oxygen based on the SpO2 levels and prevents the person from sinking into a state of hypoxia which can be fatal,” said an official.
“Developed by the Defence Bio-Engineering & ElectroMedical Laboratory for soldiers posted at extreme high-altitude areas, the system optimises the oxygen consumption to effectively increase the endurance of portable oxygen cylinders,” he added.