Medical care innovations that require less contact and is mobile enough to reach inaccessible locations are the need of the hour in these pandemic times. The current mechanism—the Anant COVID-19 Testing and Oxygen autorickshaw—has walls retrofitted as partitions in the vehicle and isolation chambers created for patient, health worker and driver. Two variations of the mechanism, one for swab collections (priced at ₹5.1 lakh) and the second for X-ray testing (priced at ₹11.5 lakh), has been developed. Initiated and led by Miniya Chatterji, director, Anant Centre for Sustainability, and CEO Sustain Labs, the Anant COVID-19 Testing and Oxygen autorickshaw has been designed by Dhaval Monani, director of Affordable Housing and Associate Professor. The X-ray testing for COVID-19 facility can test more than 500 people daily.

Source: The Hindu June 10, 2020 13:22 UTC