The average layman mallu knows ventilators as objects used in big hospitals in keeping the dead patient for a few days more to make a fat bill .
Thats what his media tells him and thats what he sees in those avant garde award winning films and in those cheesy serials in TV .
Of course some of them have seen their loved ones saved by those ventilators and know it isnt true .
But these days the malayalee is hearing statistix of ventilators in the state .
Covid 19 afflicted patients need them in a situation of acute respiratory distress .
The machine takes over the weakened respiratory apparatus for vital oxygenation,needs intubation and sedation and monitoring by skilled intensivists nd trained nurses .
In short a technically complex ,costly, life saving machine .
Hope dear mallu next time you get to know your grandpa is on one please believe hesnt dead as a dodo .
Cant blame the mallu pshyce which believes a qauck better than a qualified doctor or invests in goat farms or believes blade companies for investments .
The penchant for foolishness in a mallu increases with his literate state .
Now lets see how much a ventilator costs
Today an Indian ventilator can be bought for 3 lakhs not a big deal but thats not enough
One cant put a ventilator in the friendly neighbourhood clinic it needs an aseptic ICU with piped oxygen and skilled personell ,maintenance and parts on off .
We do see rusted ventilators in Govt hospital shrubs which an over enthusiastic politician had bought in bulk with no plans to install or maintain till it becomes like a discarded KSRTC bus or an election lost MLA .
And so dear mallu this is the story of a ventilator
Just to ventilate your locked days and nights .
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