The engineers and innovators from Kashmir have created a prototype of a low-cost ventilator. The prototype came to life on Wednesday afternoon and is still running successfully in the laboratory, individuals associated with the innovation said.The prototype is expected to be handed over to the medical experts at the Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), Soura in Srinagar for evaluating it. That process will begin once the innovators are satisfied with its functioning in the laboratory.
The idea was initiated by the Islamic University of Science and Technology (IUST), Awantipiora where a design and innovation centre works under Dr Shahkar Nehvi. They collaborated with two engineers – Dr Majid Hamid Koul and Dr Saad, at the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Srinagar and had some support from another academic who works in an American University. He actually was project’s overseas mentor.
