New Delhi/Chandigarh: The Indian Railways has developed a low-cost ventilator, Jeevan, at its Kapurthala Rail Coach Factory that could save thousands of lives at a time the country is grappling with a shortage of the medical equipment in its fight against coronavirus.
The prototype is now awaiting ICMR clearance to go into production, the Railways said. "It will cost around ₹10,000 without the compressor.
Once we have the ICMR approval, if we have all the materials, we will be able to produce 100 such ventilators a day," Ravinder Gupta, general manager of the RCF and the brain behind Jeevan, told PTI. "Overall, the cost will still be a fraction of what regular ventilators cost," he said.