The Abubakar
Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Bauchi has invented a disinfection machine to
help prevent the spread of coronavirus in the country.
Prof.
Muhammad Abdulazeez, Vice-Chancellor of the University disclosed this while
speaking at the unveiling of the machine in Bauchi on Tuesday.
He explained
that the invention of the machine was in line with the mandate of the
university as a centre of research and invention.
Abdulazeez
said the university was making efforts to make ventilators needed for the treatment
of patients with stage II of coronavirus infection.
“Technologists,
engineers and other professionals in the University have fabricated a prototype
of a ventilator which is cost-effective and efficient.
“The team
also fabricated an aerosol box that can be used to protect medical doctors and
other medical personnel treating patient that has tested positive for the virus
by placing the box to cover the head, mouth and nose of the patient,” he said.
According to
the VC, the university went into the venture considering the high cost of
procuring ventilators and other equipment needed for the treatment of
coronavirus, lassa fever and other infectious diseases.
“The
university decided to go into deep research and at the end was able to come out
with prototypes of the machine,” he said.
He, however, identified the
lack of funds as the major impediment to the mass production of the machine.
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
University (ATBU), Bauchi
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The Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
University (ATBU), Bauchi has invented a disinfection machine to help prevent
the spread of coronavirus in the country.
Prof. Muhammad Abdulazeez,
Vice-Chancellor of the University disclosed this while speaking at the
unveiling of the machine in Bauchi on Tuesday.
He explained that the
invention of the machine was in line with the mandate of the university as a
centre of research and invention.
Abdulazeez said the
university was making efforts to make ventilators needed for the treatment of
patients with stage II of coronavirus infection.
“Technologists, engineers
and other professionals in the University have fabricated a prototype of a ventilator
which is cost-effective and efficient.
“The team also fabricated
an aerosol box that can be used to protect medical doctors and other medical
personnel treating patient that has tested positive for the virus by placing
the box to cover the head, mouth and nose of the patient,” he said.
According to the VC, the
university went into the venture considering the high cost of procuring
ventilators and other equipment needed for the treatment of coronavirus, lassa
fever and other infectious diseases.
“The university decided to
go into deep research and at the end was able to come out with prototypes of
the machine,” he said.
He, however, identified the
lack of funds as the major impediment to the mass production of the machine.
Abdulazeez called on government
at all levels, to as a matter of urgency contact the Mechatronics Engineering
Department of the University for mass production of the machine.
“We are not in this to make
profit but to contribute to the fight against infectious diseases particularly
coronavirus and Lassa fever,” he said.
Abdulazeez commended the
team that worked day and night to ensure the production of the machine.
The team leader, Mr Faisal
Bala said that the machine was an automatic spraying machine that can
effectively spray anyone going in and coming out of a room.
Bala also explained that
the ventilator invented has bags to provide oxygen to the patients suffering
from Coronavirus attack.
He said the department
would work hand in hand with the medical school of the University to realise
the potentials of the project.
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