The Aurangabad Bench of the Bombay High Court on Tuesday was informed that out of the 150 ventilators provided by the Union government under the PM Cares fund, 17 ventilators had extremely serious flaws that could be life threatening for patients. The Dean of the MGM Medical College and Hospital at Aurangabad submitted a note to the Division Bench of justices R.V. Debadwar that of the 150 ventilators provided under the PM Cares fund, 17 ventilators had developed six flaws each of which would impact the treatment process of patients which appeared to be extremely serious. The court recorded, “The flaws pertain to low pressure and the patient becoming hypoxic (inadequate oxygen supply) when on ventilator. From those provided to the Aurangabad hospital, 37 ventilators were unboxed.

Source: The Hindu May 25, 2021 08:11 UTC