Defunct ventilators being repaired on arrival of Delhi team

Aurangabad, June 5:

A team of senior doctors from New Delhi is inspecting the ventilators received from New Delhi in the city, for the past three days. The team after inspecting the ventilators at the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) also inspected the ventilators at the private hospitals. Meanwhile, some defunct ventilators are being repaired by changing their parts.

The team arrived in the city on Thursday morning. The doctors in the team inspected the ventilators at the GMCH and got information from the doctors. During the visit, they also saw whether some ventilators can be used after changing some parts. Hence, some ventilators were kept on testing since Friday night, informed the GMCH sources.

Out of the 150 ventilators received by the GMCH from the union Government, some were given to five private hospitals. The team of doctors also inspected the ventilators at the private hospitals and took the information of the condition and usage.