DMCH Ludhiana makes use of innovative device to reduce oxygen wastage

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, May 22

Doctors at Dayanand Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) have recently made successful use of a device which helps in reducing wastage of oxygen during oxygen therapy.

According to the chief cardiologist and coordinator of Hero DMC Heart Institute (HDHI), Dr GS Wander, oxygen requirement had significantly increased during the Covid pandemic and the hospital was ensuring adequate oxygen supply to treat patients.

He said this innovation was proving to be very useful during the Covid crisis.

Dr Vivek Gupta, Professor of cardiac anaesthesia and critical care consultant at HDHI, said: “This innovative idea was conceived jointly by two employees, Pritpal Singh Hanspal and Harmeet Singh Sukrit, who are associated with Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala. They were responsible for providing all technical support to shape up this device.”

Dr Gupta said the institute guided them to refine the concept and was modified to bring it to safe clinical practice. He added that this device would be used only on those patients who require oxygen therapy with mask.

The device’s prototype has been shaped after several modifications to ensure its efficacy and safe delivery of oxygen and it has been tested on several patients,” Dr Gupta added.

Dr Bishav Mohan, Professor of cardiology at HDHI, who is also actively involved in Covid care in the state, said we were actively working to reduce oxygen wastage at all levels to support more patients during the oxygen crisis.