NE HEALTH BUREAU
AHMEDABAD, NOV 7
Vadodara-based ventilator major Max Ventilator on Saturday announced that it has supplied ventilators and related equipment to more than 8,000 hospitals across India ever since the COVID 19 pandemic pushed demand for the critical care equipment. Under the Atmanirbhar Bharat, Max Ventilator has boosted its production significantly as it stepped in to address the exigent needs of hospitals and patients during the pandemic, a senior official of the company said.
Ashok Patel, MD of Max Ventilator said, “When the COVID 19 pandemic broke out, shortage of quality ventilators in India was a major cause of concern. Local production was insufficient to meet the expected surge in demand and imports meant exorbitant costs that would have understandably been transferred to consumers. To respond to this crisis, we quickly augmented our manufacturing capacity several-fold in a matter of a few months. We augmented our production from a modest 40 to a staggering 300 to 1000 ventilators effectively amounting to a mindboggling 650 to 2400 percent within 6 months. Not only manufacturing, but we also worked aggressively to scale up our servicing facilities across the country to ensure the seamless availability of critical care equipment to healthcare providers. We are happy to state that we are today a trusted partner of over 8,000 hospitals across the country and have been able to play a crucially constructive role in such trying times. The organization also used a lot of innovation in manufacturing to ensure products are competitive as well as affordable to Indian healthcare providers,”
With a pan-India presence, including some of the remotest locations in the country, ventilators supplied by the organization have already benefited around half a million patients across the country. These include patients who received critical care in pre-COVID times.
Max’s flagship product Proton Plus, the Versatile Critical Care Ventilator, has proved itself to be a trailblazer and a market leader when it came to performance efficiency and meeting demand. A low maintenance product with HFOT as well as a non-invasive mode at a very competitive cost as compared to similar other products in the market, it has been a much-in-demand product in recent months.
Robust after-sales service
Max Ventilator has not only made its presence felt strongly because of low-cost, high- quality offerings but also due to strong local service support. At a time when critical care is of utmost importance, the organizations instituted quick service support measures with a resolution of issues provided in a maximum of two days. The company worked aggressively to scale up its service support system in all states to ensure fast resolution of complaints.
World-class, low-cost, high-performance equipment
“At a time when accessibility and impeccable functioning are critical, we have worked aggressively to address multiple pain points for healthcare providers. For instance, some hospitals particularly in the eastern part of the country were facing service issues with older brands. However, the purchase of Max Ventilator radically improved their service support. Similarly, some hospitals were struggling with cost issues concerning imported brands. For them, we offered low-cost high-performance ventilators with the same technical specifications as imported brands,” added Patel.
Online assistance
Max Ventilator also has an extensive range of channel partners whose accessibility and range allows the company to penetrate those remotest and inhospitable terrains and areas where other players would find it impossible to serve. The company’s service resolution system ensures that application-related issues can be ironed out over the telephone itself while video call assistance is available for immediate and urgent resolution.
Wide range of products
The company also boasts of a wide array of products for all purposes and needs: from ICU ventilators to Anesthesia ventilators to Emergency & Transport ventilators to Homecare ventilators.
As far as technology is concerned, Max products are second to none. Some of the benchmarks achieved by way of technology only are as follows: Long Life Reusable Bacteria Filter – 100 Cycles; Long Life Flow Sensor – 3 to 5 years; Long Life Oxygen Sensor – 2 to 4 years; Lowest per year operating cost; Low maintenance cost; and Lifetime software upgrades.
