Dhaman-1 – low-cost indigenous ventilators which is a completely “Made in India” device has been manufactured with the minimal cost of around Rs 1 Lakh. Jyoti has committed to donate first 1000 devices to the Govt. of India
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 life saving 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 Shri Parakramsinh Jadeja (CMD, Jyoti CNC Automation Ltd., 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 team Jyoti. In this journey the related experience of Shri 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 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 Development. Center, Gandhinagar. 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 Shri Vijaybhai Rupani (Chief Minister, Gujarat) and Shri Nitinbhai Patel (Dy. Chief Minister, Gujarat)Jyoti CNC low-cost indigenous
Interesting to note that this completely “Made In India” device was manufactured with the minimal cost of appx. Rs. 1 Lac only against the very highly priced (at least 6 times higher) imported devices. As a tiny 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 time-line of 10 days only.
The project has yet again complemented the mission of Jyoti CNC Automation Ltd. “Propelling Technology, Prospering Life” diligently.
