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Study finds that ventilators could be safely shared by two COVID-19 patients for up to two days
• 5 years agoDuring acute shortages, ventilator sharing is a reasonable stopgap to support patients for short periods in centres with appropriate expertise.
Coronavirus Outbreak: Ajay Devgn donates oxygen cylinders and ventilators to health centre in Dharavi
Fp Staff • 5 years agoA BMC official said that Ajay Devgn offered to help the civic body when he heard that they needed oxygen cylinder supply in the health centre in Dharavi.
Fitbit may soon make emergency ventilators to tackle COVID-19 crisis, says CEO James Park
Trendingdesk • 5 years agoFitbit Inc, which is known for making activity trackers, smartwatches and wireless-enabled wearable technology, will be shifting supply chain resources to make emergency ventilators.
Donald Trump says United States will donate ventilators to help India fight COVID-19, calls Narendra Modi 'good friend'
Fp Staff • 5 years agoIndia's tally of confirmed COVID-19 cases crossed 85,000 on Friday, surpassing China's count of 82,933 confirmed cases.
Game changer drug hydroxychloroquine is not that game changing for Coronavirus patients: experts
• 5 years agoResearchers found that patients that did get the drug did not do any better than those that did not and hence did not make that much of a difference.
Mortality rate among COVID-19 patients in India is three percent compared to seven percent globally: Health Minister
• 5 years agoHe also said that only 0.33 percent patients are on ventilators, 1.5 percent patients are on oxygen support and 2.34 percent patients are in ICU.
Coronavirus Outbreak: How will we know when it’s time to reopen our cities, our nations, the world?
• 5 years agoUntil we get a vaccine or effective treatments, we should focus on testing, having hospital beds, and controlling the outbreak.
Coronavirus Outbreak: Indian medical device-makers battle supply snags, labour shortages in race to build affordable ventilators
• 5 years agoIndian medical device makers, racing to churn out ventilators as domestic COVID-19 cases spike, have been beset by supply bottlenecks, cost overruns and labour shortages that are delaying their efforts to produce an affordable device.
Coronavirus Outbreak: IMF calls on all countries to refrain from putting restrictions on exporting medical supplies
• 5 years agoThe IMF has called on all countries to refrain from putting restrictions on exporting medical supplies in view of their massive requirement across the globe to combat the coronavirus pandemic that has killed at least 119,000 people and infected nearly two million
Coronavirus Outbreak: Are the use of ventilators, for seriously ill patients, causing more harm than good?
• 5 years agoSome hospitals have reported unusually high death rates for coronavirus patients on ventilators, and doctors are worried.