Kashmir students make low-cost portable ventilator from scrap

Kashmir students make low-cost portable ventilator from scrap

As the pandemic hit the nation, majoring in India it has become difficult to breathe, in seeing situation of the current scenario, two students studying at the University of Kashmir have made a portable ventilator by using just scrap after witnessing a massive shortage of ventilators in India during the pandemic. The ventilator prototype is implanted with a cloud-based system which can be seen in the process through the monitoring parameters of the patient on their mobile phones which will be also helpful for the doctors.

The boys were in their 20s who decided to make affordable ventilators after seeing the shortage at the peak of covid. Sajid Noor, son of a daily wage laborer who is passionate to do something for the country in times of hard times for the family too in the lockdown. Sajid with his friend Jahangir came up with an idea from the scrap material to make it an effective tool as a portable ventilator. After falling many times still, they didn’t lose hope in making the portable ventilator successful.

Sajid also told about his father, who can’t go to work but he, himself, gave priority to building something for the country in the tough times. For the betterment of the nation with a low-cost ventilator from scrap. Moreover, he also elaborates just like old traditional ventilators with the embedded internet to monitor patients' real-time data. ECG, temperature, body postponing on a real-time basis can be seen and the doctor can advise from anywhere. Further, the innovation which was created by both of them has been recognized by the National Institute of Technology, Srinagar. However, the ventilator will cost less than Rs 20,000, Besides, the part of Lottoland ‘Aaj ka Sitara Series which supports ordinary citizens, now will be supporting Sajid Noor and Jahangir Lone's cause with a cash incentive of ? 1 lakh.