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Fake: No defect ventilators supplied by Centre to Delhi’s Lok Nayak hospital
New Delhi, July 01: Every day we come across various coronavirus related information through social media posts or WhatsApp forwards. Sadly, a chunk of it turns out to be misleading information which does nothing but add on to the panic among people. However, an article in Indian Express claims that the ventilators provided by the Govt of India to Delhi's LNJP Hospital don't have the BiPAP mode.
Lok Nayak Hospital, the city's biggest Covid-only facility, has alleged that the 175 ventilators that it received from the Centre lack an important mode, The Indian Express had reported on Wednesday.
Claim:An article claims that the ventilators provided by the Govt of India to Delhi’s LNJP Hospital don't have the BiPAP mode#PIBFactCheck:This is incorrect.These made in India ventilators have BiPAP mode & other such modes as have been prescribed in the technical specifications pic.twitter.com/A1XinEmmiE
— PIB Fact Check (@PIBFactCheck) July 1, 2020
The hospital staff told the Directorate General of Health Services that the ventilators did not have a Bilevel positive airway pressure or BiPAP mode, which allows doctors to supply oxygen to patients without inserting tubes in their airway. The hospital asked the government to provide 250 more ventilators equipped with the technology.
However, the newly-introduced fact-checking wing of Press Information Bureau (PIB) termed the media reports "incorrect". According to PIB fact check team, ''These made in India ventilators have BiPAP mode & other such modes as have been prescribed in the technical specifications.''
On
the
other
hand,
the
Ministry
of
Health
and
Family
Welfare,
had
said
that
these
low-cost
"Made
in
India"
ventilators
were
equipped
with
the
necessary
technology.
"Ventilator
models
BEL
and
AgVa
supplied
to
the
states
and
the
union
territories
are
complying
with
the
requirements
as
per
the
specifications
laid
down
by
a
Technical
Committee,"
the
union
health
ministry
said
in
a
press
release.
"These cost effective made in India ventilators have the BiPAP mode and other such modes as have been prescribed in the technical specifications."
#IndiaFightsCOVID19
— Ministry of Health (@MoHFW_INDIA) July 1, 2020
For updates on #COVID19 ventilators meant for ICU use, may please see:https://t.co/Ao3N7u2xQ9#SwasthaBharat pic.twitter.com/W9u8o0fP80
Lok Nayak, one of Delhi's most prominent coronavirus treatment facilities, has 2,000 beds, including 100 beds in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), which are equipped with ventilators.
Last month, the Centre had allocated Rs 2,000 crore from the PM-Cares Fund for the supply of 50,000 "Made in India" ventilators to states and Union Territories amid their fight against the coronavirus.
