Walton-Medtronic ventilators set to hit market finally
Walton is set to advertise the ventilators it has produced by using world-renowned medical equipment producer Medtronic, a expansion that could help critical coronavirus people to receive proper treatment.
The clinical trial of the device has ended and the ventilators are now ready for sale. An official announcement will be made within weekly, said several sources with direct understanding of the development.
With this, Walton could be the first organization in Bangladesh to produce ventilators.
Anisur Rahman Mallik, ceo of Walton's refrigerator section, said the WPB-560 model ventilator made by Walton by making use of Medtronic was ready for sale.
"On April 10, we received the necessary documents. We will make the official announcement by April 15."
The cost of a ventilator will be around Tk 7 lakh, he said.
He declined to touch upon the quantity of ventilators Walton has produced.
The creation came when the infections from the rogue virus and the deaths linked to it are rising alarmingly.
Seventy-eight persons died from Covid-19 in the a day yesterday, in line with the Directorate Standard of Health Services, the highest death toll within a day.
Walton came onward to make ventilators in the united states following the virus hit the united states in March last year.
It made the ventilators using the patent and design and style of Medtronic, an Ireland-based medical device business run by Bangladeshi expatriate Omar Ishrak.
A good senior Medtronic official said: "We can make the official announcement on April 13."
In March this past year, the design of the Medtronic PB 560 model ventilator was unveiled in 35 countries around the world.
Walton was the primary company on earth to have signed a great agreement with Medtronic. After, big companies from many other countries signed handles it.
Ventilators are very important in the treatment of coronavirus patients. In a few days to be infected, the patient's state can deteriorate to a point where it might be difficult to save a existence without this device.
Ventilators are actually in great demand all over the world, including Bangladesh. However the supply is quite low in comparison to that.
As of March, 629 ventilators were used found in the hospitals that focus on treating Covid-19 patients.
MH Chowdhury Lenin, a public wellbeing expert and chairman of the medicine department at medical and Hope Medical center in Dhaka, said oxygen is injected into the lungs by a ventilator. It is used when the individual lung fails to function properly.
At present, 80 % of the individuals who require it are being given ventilation facility, he said.
Md Nazmul Haque, director of the Dhaka Medical School Hospital, the country's major state-run hospital, said the hospital has 20 beds in the intensive care device and each has a ventilator.
"Had we had 5,000 ICU beds with ventilators, the demand for ventilators won't have fallen. The ventilator crisis has already reached such a spot."
Zunaid Ahmed Palak, ICT talk about minister, said: "We have got the permission for the initiative taken by Walton on April this past year to produce ventilators by making use of Medtronic."
"We will be in a position to get it to the market very soon."
The ventilator could possibly be sent to the international market for Tk 12 lakh to Tk 13 lakh, which is 30 % to 40 % lower than the existing price, he said.
Even so, Walton and another organization Minister Hi-Tech Park Consumer electronics had also initiated assignments separately to create ventilators.
But also for that initiative, they are actually yet to receive authorization from the Directorate Basic of Drug Administration (DGDA).
Mostafizur Rahman, deputy operative director of Walton, said: "We have prepared a sample of both ventilators of Walton's private model and submitted them to the DGDA for clinical trials."
"Some issues have already been identified. Further advancements are wanted. It will take some time."
This past year, Minister Hi-Tech Recreation area imported raw materials to create 500 ventilators. The recycleables are lying in the warehouse.
It has invested around Tk 18 crore for the ventilation task. But there's not been many headway.
Palak said Walton and Minister Hi-Tech Park had not received the approval because of their respective initiative to create ventilators as the clinical trial was not completed.
DGDA Deputy Director Md Salahuddin said: "We have not yet received the statement on the clinical performance of the ventilators being made by Walton and Minister Hi-Tech Park. We can not allow them to manufacture ventilators before obtaining the report."
