Controversy on ‘Dhaman’ ventilators in Vadodara

Today Vadodara Congress members went to SSG & Gotri Hospital to honor #CoronaWarriors.They met the supritendents of both hospitals to know about the arrangements and facilities done. In conversation they asked about the ‘Dhaman’ ventilators which were aggressively promoted by Gujarat Government.

As per Vadodara Congress: The Superintendents of Both Hospitals Confirmed that Dhaman-1 is not a Ventilator & it’s Just a Support System which is almost not of Good Quality.
Later Dr. Vishala Pandya, medical superintendent of GMERS Gotri Hospital gave a clarification that “We told them we hadn’t used it yet because it wasn’t needed. So we can’t give an opinion. They did a video recording of the conversation without our knowledge. We have not given any opinion and this controversy is created unnecessarily.
As Ahmedabad witnesses, a spiralling number of COVID-19 positive cases and high death count, hospitals overloaded with patients were supplied a locally manufactured ventilator – Dhaman-1, made by a Rajkot-based company Jyoti CNC Automation. About a month after the ventilators were set up, it has been alleged that the ventilators are actually ambu-bags or artificial manual breathing devices. The inefficiency of the machines in treating COVID-19 positive patients came to light after doctors of Ahmedabad Civil hospital sought full-fledged ventilators from Centre despite having 230 Dhaman-1 machines.
The ventilator Dhaman -1 was inaugurated by Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on April 4 at Civil hospital, Ahmedabad. The model was then touted as a ‘Make in India’ ventilator by the Rupani-led BJP government and 1,000 units were supplied to various hospitals across Gujarat including 230 in Ahmedabad, the city with the highest number of COVID-19 cases in the state.