During these difficult times, a private engineering firm in Pakistan has found an out-of-the-box solution, which would allow multiple patients to use just one ventilator simultaneously. Osama Usman, head of the private firm, told The Express Tribune that ‘Plan 9’ of Punjab IT Board of (PITB) had approached them to manufacture the connector using the 3D printer prototype. “Now we are manufacturing 1,000 ventilator connectors daily which is being supplied to various government and private hospitals in Punjab,” he added. Interestingly, the development of connector has made Pakistan only the second country to have this technology after the United States. “I can supply connectors to the entire country and world free of charge,” he added.

Source: The Express Tribune April 04, 2020 21:00 UTC