MAKE IN INDIA - A LAUDABLE PIPE DREAM,
I am 75 years old and older than our PM Modi spent first 30 years of my life in India and last 45 years in Australia from 1976.
Yes Physically I am living in Sydney but my heart and Soul never left India. Every time I see something good happening in Oz my heart is asking why cant we do this in India ? But then How ?
There is something about me that I cannot explain. All my life I have had early morning dreams or premonitions which come true, both good and bad but that is another story and I dont want to digress here now.
I have been reading all about Covid and have been maintaining a blog on Corona since early 2000.
Basically Covid Virus Infects the Lungs and causes Pneumonia leading to respiratory failures . Doctors rely on Oxygen therapy and in worst case scenario use the ECMO Machine.
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, also known as extracorporeal life support, is an extracorporeal technique of providing prolonged cardiac and respiratory support to persons whose heart and lungs are unable to provide an adequate amount of gas exchange or perfusion to sustain life
Coming from a Family of Doctors I am aware that anyone on ECMO is on the last leg and it is touch and go. I lost a very close friends who went in on a Friday for what was supposed to be a routine heart valve replacement. Surgery was successful and in ICU he was put on ECMO and died on Sunday. Family were told that he fought the machine and could not breathe with it. As I see it some one who has had a major heart surgery has this huge tube shoved down his throat that prevents him from swallowing even his own saliva leave alone eating and he cannot speak.
Who is at Fault the Engineers who designed the ECMO or the Medicos who make use of it ?
This Got me thinking. Each and every gadget the medical fraternity uses is designed from scratch by engineers trying to solve the Problem. So doctors and Nurses are basically users of medical equipment same as the vacuum cleaners, washing machines, dishwashers. And not every one uses machines Properly.
My life has been a nightmare healthwise from the start of the millenium and I have witnesses so many stuff ups my medicos in using Ct Scans, MRIs, Ultrasounds etc it is not funny. One Neurologist mounted my MRI pictures upside down and told me I never had a stroke and I don't have any blocked arteries in my neck. I had paid Aud $1000 out of Pocket for a second MRI that he insisted upon and the Radiologist botched it up and did not look at my neck and reported that Nothing was wrong with me. and this is what the neurologist was parroting as he did not know how to read an MRI image. Little did he know that I had taken the same MRI to my haematologist who mounted it and pointed out the infarct in the Brain that caused my paralysis. In a subtle way I told the neurologist that he was a quack, mounted the image correctly and showed him the infarcted region. So Basically folks don't assume every one with a medical degree is a Good Doctor. Doctors are no different to Motor Mechanics. You have the good the bad and the ugly and the Onus is on you to dump useless doctors and find a good one you can trust.
My early morning dream was ECMO was probably the Killer of Covid Patients and not the Virus itself as ECMO puts a huge load on lungs that are already struggling. So why not Oxygenate the blood through Drips or Tablets and free the lung of the ECMO stress allowing it to recover.
I shared the thought with my whatsapp junta of 400, 100 of them being IIT Alumni like me and considered ants pants and the Brains of India. 80/20 rule prevailed with roughly 20% responding and 90% of the responders were negative and all were living in India. The 10% positive responses came from NRI IITian's saying great Idea Ram we need to see what can be done., First thing that hit me was even amongst Indians NRI's are more positive in their out looks and wonder why ?
One strange & Sarcastic response from an IIT & IIM Alumnus was "Shove Oxygen up the Back side Ram" In other words he was calling me an Idiot. If it was possible some one else would have done it by now argument. who are you to reinvent the wheel.
The Irony is this irate and negative man had hit the Nail on the Head. The Japanese scientists have successfully Oxygenated the blood of Covid Patients by pumping oxygen up the rectum and the fine blood vessels in the large intestines absorbed the oxygen into the blood stream. Believe it or Not.
