Coronavirus: Cardiologist Dr Skand Trivedi has created the ‘air bubble’ for healthcare workers in the Covid neighborhood.
Bhopal:
To help Madhya Pradesh in its fight against the coronavirus, a doctor with a private hospital here has come up with a simple but ingenious way to protect doctors, nurses and other healthcare workers from the COVID-air bubble. 19. The fully sealed and transparent face covering – like a face suit – has an independent, virus-free compressed air supply so that the Corona Warriors can breathe safely while treating patients.
Cardiologist Dr Skand Trivedi said this concept was specifically introduced for healthcare workers caring for coronavirus patients and was aimed at saving the lives of doctors, nurses and technicians as they were the only solace for them. patients with coronavirus.
“COVID-19 is spread primarily by breathing contaminated air. If our health workers have to inhale the same air that patients breathe, they are going to have problems. So I can make sure my staff are safe while working with patients for 8 hours, ”he said.
“We have lost some of our colleagues. I would be happy if this model were replicated by other Covid establishments, as doctors and healthcare workers not only received COVID-19, but even died from it. This air bubble may be the greatest tribute to all the Corona Warriors, ”said Dr. Trivedi.
The air bubble offers hope that even as coronavirus cases increase in Bhopal, where nearly 85% of Covid beds are occupied, our doctors, nurses and other healthcare workers, albeit in limited numbers. , will be able to safely help the state weather the worst of the epidemic.
The COVID-19 tally in the state capital rose to 6,490 after 223 people tested positive, including seven doctors. So far, nearly half a dozen doctors have succumbed to the coronavirus in Madhya Pradesh.
The cardiologist said his staff have been circling the air bubble for the past few days and are quite comfortable.
“I feel a lot safer, we’re not worried,” said Dolly, an ICU nurse. Neeraj Mewada, a technician from the Covid district, also said he was comfortable with the air bubble.
Healthcare workers affected in COVID-19 departments across the country have reported suffocation and dehydration, among other problems, as they worked long hours in PPE kits. Protective equipment, once worn to enter a coronavirus ward cannot be removed until the end of the shift. Healthcare workers are at risk of contracting the virus if they take off their PPE kits to even drink water or urinate.
Although most of the air bubbles in this hospital are connected by air tubes to a large compressor located 200 feet from the building, some air bubbles are portable.
“We even have a portable version so doctors can make their daily visits, meet with patients and interact easily,” said Dr Trivedi.
