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Polish scientist’s design remote-control ventilator to fight COVID-19.

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A team of Polish scientists has designed a remote-controlled controlled ventilator they hope will allow doctors to help critically ill patients breathe, but from a distance, in a bid to make medical personnel safer during the corona virus pandemic.

If the experimental “RespiSave” ventilator can be shown to work safely on humans, doctors can observe patients’ vitals through an application, monitor their condition and adjusting the machine’s settings from anywhere in the hospital, the designers of the project told Reuters.
Doctors would be notified if the ventilator gets disconnected or the patient’s condition changes drastically.  Respiratory failure requiring support with a mechanical ventilator is common in patients with severe COVID-19, the the disease caused by the novel corona virus.

The remote-control feature means the medical personnel can be in less frequent contact with these patients, said Lukasz Szarpak a medical adviser on the project.

Health care workers caring for critically ill patients are at particular risk of corona virus infection, in some cases due to a lack of adequate personal protective equipment.

The designers, who are among the first to come up with such a device, said they expect use of medical telemetry to expand, especially after the medical crisis associated with the corona virus.

Leszek Kowalik, the director of the project, said RespiSave will be much less expensive than a typical ventilator, although he did not specify the price of the device.

Many hospitals around the world faced a shortage of ventilators as the corona virus outbreak spread.

While the technology is still being tested, Szarpak and Kowalik said they hoped it would be available in Poland with within the next few months and eventually on a wider global market.

 

 

 

 

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Covid toll in Karnataka is a worrying sign for state government

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Even though Karnataka recorded the lowest number of Covid deaths in April since the virus struck first in 2020, the state is recording a rise in the positivity rate (1.50 per cent). Five people died from the Covid infections in April as per the statistics released by the state health department. In March, the positivity rate stood around 0.53 per cent. In the first week of April it came down to 0.38 per cent, second week registered 0.56 per cent, third week it rose to 0.79 per cent and by end of April the Covid positivity rate touched 1.19 per cent.

on an average 500 persons used to succumb everyday in the peak of Covid infection, as per the data. Health experts said that the mutated Coronavirus is losing its fierce characteristics as vaccination, better treatment facilities and awareness among the people have contributed to the lesser number of Covid deaths.

During the 4th and 6th of April two deaths were reported in Bengaluru, one in Gadag district on April 8, two deaths were reported from Belagavi and Vijayapura on April 30. The first Covid case was reported in the state in March 2020 and three Covid deaths were recorded in the month. In the following month 21 people became victims to the deadly virus, and May 2020 recorded 22 deaths. The death toll recorded everyday after May crossed three digits. However, the third wave, which started in January 2

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