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Observing that the malfunctioning of a lifesaving instrument could put lives of patients in danger, the court on Tuesday, May 25, directed Assistant Solicitor General Ajay G.
Talhar to inform it about the correctional methods the Centre would adopt in case the ventilators are found to be defective.
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Taking serious note of the defective ventilators provided under the PM-CARES Fund to hospitals in the Marathwada region in Maharashtra, the Aurangabad bench of the Bombay high court has asked the Centre to explain how it will address the issue.
Of the 150 ventilators made available to several hospitals in the region, at least 113 have been found to have defects.
The court, presided by the division bench of Justices Ravindra V.
Ghuge and Bhalchandra U.
Debadwar, asked the Centre for remedial measures to address the situation in the region.
The court, hearing a suo motu PIL based on media reports, also expressed its concern over the impact the defective ventilators had on patients who used them.
Of the two defects, the court observed that the instances where “patients becoming hypoxic” when on ventilator could be “life-threatening”.
These defective ventilators were manufactured by a company named Jyoti CNC and the model is called ‘Dhaman III’.