Ventilator
24 Jun 2020
A man on life-support in a hospital in India has died after his relatives unplugged his ventilator in order to use an air cooler. The 40-year-old man, who was admitted at ICU in the Maharao Bhim Singh (MBS) hospital in Kota in northern India on June 13, was suspected to be suffering from coronavirus after…
4 Jun 2020
A team of researchers at the Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA) has developed a positive pressure ventilator.
16 May 2020
A team of engineers in Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria, has unveiled a locally invented ventilator to enhance the fight against COVID-19 in Nigeria.
29 Apr 2020
The Faculty of Engineering and Medical Sciences, University of Benin (UNIBEN) yesterday disclosed that it has produced a clinically tested ventilator, which it presented to its Health Centre to contain the spread of coronavirus in Edo State.
Latest
7 mins ago
Residents of Paris voted Sunday on whether to banish for-hire electric scooters from the streets of the French capital, which was a pioneer in adopting the divisive new form of urban transport.
1 hour ago
Pope Francis presided over mass in St Peter's Square Sunday, as he kicked off events leading to Easter, just a day after leaving hospital following a bout of bronchitis.
1 hour ago
Sisanmi Eureka Schuller is from Delta State. The filmmaker and art curator is promoting the country’s art in the diaspora. Currently, she is bringing innovation to Austria Communities. She attended Kinuifa Nursery and Primary School, Lagos and Standard Model School, Warri, Delta State. She further bagged a degree in Basic Medicine from the University of…
1 hour ago
The death toll from a major storm system that has lashed the south-central and eastern US with devastating winds and powerful tornadoes has risen to 22, with dozens of others injured
2 hours ago
Anthony Joshua has insisted a "Battle of Britain" with Tyson Fury is the bout "the boxing world needs" after he came through a "do or die" fight with American heavyweight Jermaine Franklin.