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Mahinda additionally stated that they’re hoping to have the prototype of the ventilator prepared inside three days for approval.
- IANS
- Last Updated: March 28, 2020, 12:20 PM IST
Engineers of Mahindra Group are engaged on manufacturing prototypes of ventilators as India faces a scarcity of the lifesaving medical machine and the engineers concerned within the making the design count on it to price lower than Rs 7,500.
In a tweet, Mahindra Group Chairman Anand Mahindra applauded engineers from his firm who’ve been concerned in making the prototypes.
“So, so proud of our Kandivali & Igatpuri teams who confined themselves to the factories & without sleep produced this in 48 hrs. With humility, we will seek guidance from specialists on the usefulness of the device. Whatever the outcome, they have shown India fights back…,” he tweeted.
So, so pleased with our Kandivali & Igatpuri groups who confined themselves to the factories & with out sleep produced this in 48hrs. With humility, we’ll search steering from specialists on the usefulness of the machine. Whatever the result, they’ve proven India fights again… pic.twitter.com/LrVXm4Acku
— anand mahindra (@anandmahindra) March 26, 2020
Referring to a tweet by Pawan Goenka, MD of Mahindra & Mahindra, he additionally stated that the corporate is concurrently working with an indigenous maker of ICU ventilators.
“As @GoenkaPk tweeted, we are simultaneously working with an indigenous maker of ICU ventilators. These are sophisticated machines costing between 5 to 10 lakhs. This device is an interim lifesaver & the team estimates it will cost below Rs 7,500,” stated one other tweet by Mahindra.
As @GoenkaPk tweeted, we’re concurrently working with an indigenous maker of ICU ventilators. These are subtle machines costing between 5 to 10 lakhs. This machine is an interim lifesaver & the crew estimates it is going to price beneath ₹7,500 https://t.co/3rz1FBkPF0
— anand mahindra (@anandmahindra) March 26, 2020
On Sunday, Anand Mahindra took to Twitter to announce a collection of measures, together with the manufacturing of ventilators at Mahindra’s factories, to battle coronavirus outbreak.
Goenka additionally acknowledged help from people and different corporations in direction of Mahindra Group’s efforts to make ventilators and stated {that a} prototype is probably going prepared in three days.
“I said that on one hand, the company along with two large public sector entities is working with an existing manufacturer of ‘high spec ventilators’ to help them to simplify design and scale-up capacity. On the other hand, we are working on an automated version of the Bag Valve Mask ventilator (commonly known as Ambu bag). We hope to have a Proto ready in 3 days for approval. Once proven this design will be made available to all for manufacturing,” he stated.
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This post was last modified on March 28, 2020 2:51 pm