Acquiring ventilators: Fighter planes without high-octane fuel and pilots: Indian perspective in COVID era

Richa Aggarwal, Anjan Trikha

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Abstract

During this coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, all the countries are emphasizing on procurement of more and more sophisticated machineries for the intensive care unit (ICU) like ventilators. But do all countries have to follow the same? The requirements are different for low-and middle-income countries like India, which are resource limited. The ventilators require oxygen supply and manpower to function which are deficient in these countries. These countries might do well only by procurement of oxygen delivery machinery, as most of the patients of COVID require oxygen only. Only approx. 5% of COVID-19 patients require ventilators. Moreover, the patients on ventilators have high mortality. Thus, low-resource countries need to redefine their priority as to how to utilize their resources. This manuscript emphasizes the need for the same.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)735-736
Number of pages2
JournalIndian Journal of Critical Care Medicine
Volume24
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - 2020

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine

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