Indian engineer wins “Innovation Award” for saving lives of pre-mature babies

Tuesday 25th June 2019 13:39 EDT
 

An Indian engineer who developed a cost-effective neonatal breathing device has won the 2019 Commonwealth Secretary-General's Innovation for Sustainable Development Award in London.

Nitesh Kumar Jangir's innovation, 'Saans' is reportedly three times cheaper than any other machine in the field andhas saved lives of newborn premature babies suffering from respiratory distress syndrome across small towns of India. The device has been in circulation for the last three months across district hospitals of India which lack neonatal ICU facilities.

The Bangalore-based engineer received his award in the 'People' category besides the 14 other innovators from across the 53 member-countries of the Commonwealth. The co-founder of Coeo Labs, his medical device company was founded with the vision to prevent deaths in the field of emergency and critical care.


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