Bangladesh to manufacture world-class ventilators: Palak
World-class ventilators are actually going to be produced locally with the help of Walton and Medtronix Medical Supplies & Equipment to greatly help the ongoing fight against coronavirus.
State Minister for Information and Communication Technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak made the disclosure via an online press conference on Tuesday, reports UNB.
"An operating prototype of three types of ventilators will be sent to the Directorate General of Health Services for clinical trial. After getting clearance from their website, Walton could get into experimental and commercial production," he said.
Of the three types, two are Walton's own innovation while the other is produced by making use of Medtronix under an initiative of the info and Communication Technology Division, the state minister said.
"We hope that the Covid-19 pandemic will end soon. If it prolongs, we'd manage to meet the demand of ventilators with the locally made ones," he said, adding that 18 ventilators, made at the a2i Innovation Lab, are being scrutinised.
NM Ziaul Alam, secretary to the ICT Division; Golam Morshed, director at Walton's ventilator manufacture project and representatives of Medtronix, amongst others, joined the conference.
