During this unprecedented time when the entire Nation is preparing itself to fight against the threat of pandemic the novel Coronavirus (COVID 19) Govt of India was well proactive to take the stock of situation to conquer this challenge and to ensure the medical preparedness. The first and the foremost challenge foreseen by the Govt. of Gujarat was the shortage of the lifesaving Ventilator during this challenging time. The role of Ventilator become very crucial to treat this disease which directly attack the respiratory system of the human body. The Govt. has expressed this worry during one of the local body meeting to face this crisis proactively.
This challenge to design, develop, test and deploy required quantity of Ventilators was well accepted with the courage by the visionary leader Parakramsinh Jadeja (CMD, Jyoti CNC Automation, Rajkot). The same task was immediately briefed to the R&T team of Jyoti and in parallel all the necessary resources were scouted by the company’s team. In this journey the related experience of Rajendrasinh Parmar (RHP Medicals) came handy as the blessings.
The team of more than 150 professionals from Jyoti CNC and other allied 26 companies have worked round the clock to accomplish this mission of designing and developing the first prototype within the stipulated time frame. The design was charted out and the critical components were produced at the manufacturing facilities at Jyoti and at some other end to fasten the process of preparing the prototype of this Ventilator which was later on named as “Dhaman-1” (*Dhaman is the Gujarati word which represent as the blower that pumps the air)
The first prototype was tested and rested locally and finally was presented to THE EQDC (Electronics and Quality Dept. Center, Gandhinagar. By the grace of god everything went smooth and the device was successfully tested and certified by the EQDC on the same day.
The next day this indigenously developed Ventilator was tested on the patient at the Civil hospital, Ahmedabad in the presence of Vijaybhai Rupani (Chief Minister, Gujarat) and Nitinbhai Patel (Dy. Chief Minister, Gujarat)
Interesting to note that this completely “Made in India” device was manufactured with the minimal cost of appx. Rs. 1 Lac only against the highly priced (at least 6 times higher) imported devices. As a contribution in this testing time of Nation, Jyoti has committed to donate first 1000 devices to the Govt. of India. Team Jyoti is thriving hard to accomplish this pilot task of manufacturing first 1000 devices within the timeline of 10 days only.
The project has yet again complemented the mission of Jyoti CNC Automation ‘Propelling Technology, Prospering Life’ diligently.