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Race against time to build desi ventilators

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NEW DELHI : The WhatsApp group, “Cv19 Ventilator Splitters", buzzed after one of its 92 participants posted a picture of a 3D-printed device.

It has four outlets and a pipe with a knob. “Looks good. Time to test." “We are trying to send this to the doctor now. Based on his feedback we’ll take a call." “Probably we are the only team that hopes that we never have to use our creation." This “creation", the splitter, allows one ventilator to treat four patients by splitting the oxygen flow.

Ventilators are critical devices that assist people in breathing when lungs fail. Usually, one machine supports one patient.

But then, these are unusual times. Over the last many days, participants in the WhatsApp group—doctors, engineers, investors,

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