BEL to make 30K ventilators in 2 months

Ajay

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, April 5

The Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), a public sector undertaking owned by the Ministry of Defence (MoD), has stepped in at the request of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to manufacture and supply 30,000 ventilators for ICUs within the next two months.

The design of these was originally developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and was improved upon by M/s Skanray, Mysore, with whom BEL has collaborated.

The Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) of MoD has planned for 280 isolation beds across 10 hospitals spread over six states. They are located at Vehicle Factory, Jabalpur, Metal and Steel Factory, Ishapore (West Bengal), Gun and Shell Factory, Cossipore (West Bengal), Ammunition Factory, Khadki (Maharashtra), Ordnance Factory, Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh), Ordnance Factory, Khamaria, Heavy Vehicle Factory, Avadi (Tamil Nadu) and Ordnance Factory, Medak (Telangana).

Meanwhile, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), Bengaluru, has set up an isolation ward facility with three beds in ICU and 30 beds in wards.

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In addition, a building having 30 rooms was readied. In all, 93 persons can be accommodated at HAL facility. The OFB has manufactured and dispatched 50 specialised tents for COVID-19 patients to Government of Arunachal Pradesh at a short notice.