Technicians arrive at HMCH to restore defunct ventilator beds

Hazaribag: Deputy commissioner Aditya Kumar Anand on Friday said the state health department contacted the makers of the 37 out of order ventilators at the Hazaribag Medical College and Hospital for the repair and restoration at the earliest.
“On our request, a team of technicians have reached here and are working round-the-clock to restore the ventilators but the software used in the defunct ventilators is not available in Jharkhand. So we contacted the state health department and are hoping that help reaches us soon,” Anand told TOI.
Anand also said 12 ventilators, donated by NTPC and others at the HMCH last year, are now functional after restoration. Out of the 42 ventilators at HMCH, only five were operational.
The district currently has 600 Covid-19 beds, of which 160 are oxygen-supported. Under its corporate social responsibility scheme, NTPC is currently constructing a piped oxygen supply line at HMCH and other hospitals. The officials of NTPC’s Pakri-Barwadih coal project said the management has provide the district administration with Rs 24 lakh from its CSR fund on Thursday to augment infrastructure at Covid-19 hospitals in the district.