Source: Hindustan Times
An Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)- Madras incubated start-up has developed a portable that can be set up within two hours by four people. It is names ad ‘MediCAB’ which is a decentralized approach to detect, screen, identity, isolate, and treat COVID-19 patients in their local communities, as claimed by the IITians.
The hospital was recently launched at Wayanad district of Kerala, where it is put in use for treating COVID-19 patients. The IITians are developing micro-hospitals that can be deployed rapidly across the nation. The Medicab is foldable and is composed of four zones – a doctor’s room, an isolation room, a medical room/ward, and a twin-bed ICU, maintained at negative pressure.
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Shreeram Ravichandran, Chief Executive Officer, Modulus Housing, said, “The result of this pilot project in Kerala will help in proving the applicability of the technology and advantages of micro-hospitals, with MediCAB as an instant infrastructure solution. It can be easily assembled in eight hours by four people. When folded, our collapsible cabins are reduced five-fold, making it very cost-effective for transportation.”
