The Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria (DICON), a
parastatal under the ministry of defence, has produced a ventilator known as
DICOVENT and personal protective equipment to address the shortage of medical
supplies in the country.
During a media briefing in Abuja, John Enenche, coordinator
defence media operations, said other medical materials produced by DICON
include hand sanitisers, face shields and nose masks.
Enenche said the newly designed low-cost machine is a simple
mechanical ventilator which is capable of delivering positive pressured
ventilation using volume-controlled ventilation (VCV) system.
He said the ventilator has undergone thorough scrutiny and
assessment by specialists from top ranging hospitals and experts in the
country.
“Additional to its primary responsibility to produce defence
equipment, DICON has succeeded in diversifying its human, equipment, machinery
as well as research and development capacity, to support a much-needed strategic
intervention to cushion the effects of the highly dreaded COVID 19 in the
country,” he said.
“First is the production of over 1500 dozens of DICSanz, a
high-quality hand sanitizer produced under very strict environmental
conditions, requested by the COAS Lt Gen TY Buratai for supply to troops of the
Nigerian Army. This product is at the last stage of NAFDAC registration in line
with extant due diligence provisions.
“Furthermore, DICON has responded to the directive by
Honorable Minister of Defence Maj Gen Bashir Magashi (rtd) for the Armed Forces
to support the indigenous capacity of Nigeria, to support Medical workers by
producing thousands of high quality non-permeable personal protective equipment
kit.
“Each unit of these kits consists of standardized gowns,
face shield and nose masks. They are currently being produced in large
quantities for use by Kaduna state government and other national stakeholders.
“In addition to these, DICON engineers, consultants and
medical teams have successfully produced a digital mechanical ventilator known
as DICOVENT. The newly designed low-cost machine is a simple mechanical
ventilator that can deliver positive pressured ventilation using a
volume-controlled ventilation (VCV) system.
“The ventilator has undergone thorough scrutiny and
assessment by specialists from top ranging hospitals and experts in the country
including Cedar crest Hospital Abuja, 44 Nigerian Army Reference Hospital
Kaduna amongst others.
But he said while DICOVENT may not be able to meet the high
demands of critical patients, it can be used for continuous mandatory
ventilation (CMV) and intermittent positive pressure ventilation (IPPV).
He said: “It can also be used for invasive ventilation and
non-invasive ventilation using an endotracheal tube and mask respectively.
“Let me at this juncture inform you that the efforts of
DICON in producing these array of COVID 19 equipment has been assessed,
commended and approved by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation and
Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 Mr. Boss Mustapha, the
Minister of Health, Prof Osagie Ehanire and Permanent Secretary; General
Service Office (GSO) Sir Olusegun Adekunle.
He asked the federal and state governments to patronise the
local initiative of the armed forces.
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