New Delhi, June 7: Union Minister of State (I/C) for Development of North Eastern Region and MoS in Prime Minister’s office, Dr Jitendra Singh said here Sunday launched COVID BEEP (Continuous Oxygenation & Vital Information Detection Biomed ECIL ESIC Pod), India’s first indigenous, cost-effective, wireless physiological parameters monitoring system for Covid-19 patients, developed by ESIC Medical College Hyderabad.
Asserting that awareness and not anxiety, is the key to fight Covid pandemic, the minister stressed on the importance of prevention and awareness in dealing with this pandemic effectively, now that the process of Unlock.1 has started in a phased manner after a two-month lockdown.
Lauding the efforts of ESIC Medical College Hyderabad, which has come up with yet another innovation in collaboration with IIT Hyderabad and Department of Atomic Energy, for the welfare of insured persons during the present Covid-19 crisis adding to its long list of devices, Dr Singh said the COVID BEEP is a perfect example of how synergy among the reputed institutes of India can offer solutions to most of the challenges faced by the country with minimum cost and thereby make the country ‘Atmanirbhar’ in the true sense.
Dr Singh also said that COVID BEEP would emerge as an effective antidote to the Covid pandemic which the entire world is currently grappling with, an official release here said.
The latest version of COVID BEEP incorporates NIBP monitoring as affected aged people have the highest death rates from Covid-19. Hence, apart from NIBP monitoring, there is ECG monitoring as the drugs used as prophylaxis and/or treatment like Hydroxychloroquine and Azithromycin have effects on heart which require ECG monitoring. The respiratory rate is calculated by Bio Impedance method.
Further, COVID BEEP will greatly reduce the transmission risk as well as help save resources like PPEs.
Dr Singh appreciated the work of Department of Atomic Energy, under which ECIL falls, in developing solutions to many health-related issues. Contrary to the popular perception, DAE is actively involved in promoting the benevolent use of nuclear energy for the greater welfare of mankind. Be it in the field of generating electricity, augmenting agricultural produce, food preservation or administering the much renowned oncology centre by the name TMC in Mumbai, the department of atomic energy has always risen to the occasion to stand by the country in its hour of need.
MoS for Home Affairs G Kishan Reddy, DAE Secretary K N Vyas, Dean ESIC Medical College, Hyderabad, Prof Srinivas, Chairman and Managing Director ECIL, Hyderabad, Rear Admiral Sanjay Chaubey (retd) also underlined the importance of such inventions in the present context.
