NE NEWS SERVICE
GANDHINAGAR, MAY 20
Against the backdrop of a controversy over the quality of the ventilators developed by a private firm for COVID-19 patients in Gujarat, the state government on Wednesday said they are certified by an accredited laboratory and fit to use.
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The ‘Dhaman-1’ ventilators were developed by Rajkot-based firm Jyoti CNC which had “donated” 866 of them to the state government last month because of the acute shortage of such equipment, said Principal Secretary, Health, Jayanti Ravi.
However, a row erupted recently when the Ahmedabad civil hospital wrote to the government stating that the ‘Dhaman-1’ ventilators were not up to the mark, and sought sophisticated machines.
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“The benefits of having a local manufacturer was that, whenever we required any changes, modifications, or requirement from the machines or wanted some features to be added, the company promptly responded positively and made the necessary changes, a thing which is not possible with foreign imported products,” added Ravi.
“The Jyoti CNC product is at such an affordable price with quality, that it has received orders from other states as well. The Puducherry government has placed an order of 25 units and similarly a private donar has placed an order of 25 units for Maharashtra. The central government’s HLL Lifecare has placed an order of 5,000 units of Dhaman-1,” added Ravi.
Gujarat Congress president Amit Chavda had accused the government of “playing with the lives” of COVID-19 patients by purchasing “sub-standard” ventilators having no approval from the Drugs Controller General of India (DGCI).
However, Ravi sought to put the controversy to rest. “‘Dhaman-1’ ventilators are as good as other such machines. They are certified by a Centrally accredited laboratory,” the senior bureaucrat told reporters in Gandhinagar.
Responding to the allegations over its quality and alleged violation of norms, Ravi said since a ventilator is not a drug formulation, it does not require any approval from the DCGI.
“Instead of creating a controversy, we should appreciate Jyoti CNC for coming forward at a time when there was an acute shortage of ventilators to treat coronavirus patients. These machines were put to use only after receiving the performance and safety certificate from EQDC following intensive testing,” Ravi said.
The Electronics and Quality Development Centre (EQDC) is a laboratory approved by the National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL).
562 trains carried over 8 lakh migrants from Gujarat till Tuesday
Of the total 1,770 Shramik special trains run across the country till Tuesday, 562 originated from Gujarat, which ferried 8.8 lakh workers to their home states, a senior official said on Wednesday.
Another 1.10 lakh migrant workers will leave Gujarat in 72 trains by Wednesday midnight, Ashwani Kumar, secretary to Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, said.
Among the trains that originated from Gujarat, 393 had left for Uttar Pradesh, 69 for Bihar, 40 for Odisha, 24 for Madhya Pradesh, 18 for Jharkhand, seven for Chhattisgarh and 11 for West Bengal, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand and Jammu, and Kashmir, he said.
As many as 72 special trains were scheduled to leave Gujarat by Wednesday midnight – 46 for Uttar Pradesh, 23 for Bihar, two for Jharkhand and one for Tamil Nadu, he said.
“These trains will carry 1.10 lakh workers and with this, the state would have ferried 9,18,000 workers back to their home states,” he added.
