Tezpur University develops aerosol box for health workers handling

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Tezpur: In order to help the health-workers, medical staff fighting against COVID-19, Tezpur University has developed low-cost, relatively light-weight aerosol box for health-workers currently handling COVID-19 patients.

The boxes have been fabricated manually at the central workshop facility of the university. The approximate cost involved for fabrication of each box is Rs 1,000 only. The boxes have been given for free to those hospitals that are currently dealing with COVID-19 patients in the State and elsewhere. Already, the university has dispatched first batch of boxes to Tezpur Medical College and Hospital (TMCH) and Tomo Riba Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (TRIHMS), Naharlagun, Arunachal Pradesh.

Prof. Pabitra Nath of the Department of Physics, Tezpur University has taken the initiative to develop the aerosol boxes. The other members of the team comprises of Khargeswar Rangpi, Dhruba Deka, Palash Rabha, Sasthendra Kumar Nath, Bhaskar Baruah, Dr. Ratan Boruah and Dipak Gogoi of the University. Prof Manabendra Mandal and Dr Nima D Namsa from Molecular Biology & Biotechnology department of the university extended support by providing required chemicals in sanitizing.

The university has already provided 3D and manually-printed face shields to TMCH, Gauhati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Dr. B. Borooah Cancer Institute, Goalpara Civil Hospital, Bongaigaon Civil Hospital and Tezpur Mission Hospital. The employees of the university have voluntarily donated one day’s salary to PM Cares fund. In addition to these efforts, the employees of the university also distributed food packets to nearby villages like Amolapam, Napam, domestic helpers of TU families, Sulab personnel (people engaged in sanitation work) working during lockdown in campus and some were distributed to Naba Pravat Orphanage at Ketekibari, Tezpur.

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