<p class="title">A Mysuru-based firm is in the spotlight as the state government looks to procure ventilators as part of its battle against Covid-19. Health Minister B Sriramulu on Monday announced that the government will procure about 1,000 ventilators to handle any medical emergency scenario in the coming days.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Medical ventilators are said to be crucial in treating patients particularly Covid-19 suspects. While most of the ventilator manufacturing countries have imposed a ban on the export of ventilators, Mysuru-based Skanray Technologies, one of the few domestic manufacturers of ventilators, has agreed to supply them.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Sriramulu said that the government will be purchasing 10 lakh masks and 5 lakh personal protection equipment. The decision comes at a time when the minutes of a union textiles ministry meeting revealed that an order placed for 10 lakh 3-ply masks with a vendor yielded only 2 lakh masks. The vendor also sought a 266% revision of prices. However, the minister did not mention the vendor’s name who will be supplying the masks and personal protection equipment.</p>
<p class="title">A Mysuru-based firm is in the spotlight as the state government looks to procure ventilators as part of its battle against Covid-19. Health Minister B Sriramulu on Monday announced that the government will procure about 1,000 ventilators to handle any medical emergency scenario in the coming days.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Medical ventilators are said to be crucial in treating patients particularly Covid-19 suspects. While most of the ventilator manufacturing countries have imposed a ban on the export of ventilators, Mysuru-based Skanray Technologies, one of the few domestic manufacturers of ventilators, has agreed to supply them.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Sriramulu said that the government will be purchasing 10 lakh masks and 5 lakh personal protection equipment. The decision comes at a time when the minutes of a union textiles ministry meeting revealed that an order placed for 10 lakh 3-ply masks with a vendor yielded only 2 lakh masks. The vendor also sought a 266% revision of prices. However, the minister did not mention the vendor’s name who will be supplying the masks and personal protection equipment.</p>
