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A mammoth effort to become self-reliant in ventilators could have become a great ‘Make in India’ success story were it not for serious concerns being raised about the safety and quality of locally made machines.
JJ Hospital and St George’s Hospital in Mumbai have returned close to 100 ventilators for their failure to boost oxygen to the required levels in critical Covid-19 patients. The ventilators were made by a start-up, AgVa, with support from Maruti Suzuki over vendor development and component sourcing.
With a price tag of just Rs 1.5 lakh for the basic models as compared with Rs 10-15
