A mask that can reduce by as much as 50 percent the oxygen consumed by a COVID-19 patient in hospital conditions has been devised by a cardiovascular surgeon in Nadiad, a small city in Gujarat.
Dr Sanjeeth Peter, director of the DDMM Heart Institute, had to quickly find a solution to arising demand for oxygen and shrinking local supplies of cylinders.
He had also observed that patients were consuming more oxygen in this surge of the virus. Instead of 5 litres per minute, patients were consuming 15 and 25 litres.He realized a better device and mask were needed. . .