COVID-19: OFB putting up 2-bed tents for screening, isolation & quarantine;

Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) under the Ministry of Defence assigned to play an important role in the fight against Coronavirus (COVID-19), has come up with cost effective isolation wards with the manufacture of two-bed tents with medical equipment for screening, isolation and quarantine. In a statement, the Defence PRO says these special tents can be used for medical emergency, medical screening, hospital triage and quarantine purposes. These tents with a floor area of 9.55 square metre are made up of waterproof fabric, mild steel and aluminium alloy. These tents can be set up in any place & terrain and help in creating additional facilities other than those in conventional hospitals within a short period of time. Ordnance Equipment Factory, Kanpur has manufactured these tents. Fifty such tents have been sent to Government of Arunachal Pradesh. Opto Electronics Factory at Dehradun, a unit of Ordnance Factory Board, has donated 2,500 bottles (100 ml each) of hand sanitizer and 1,000 face masks to the Governor, Uttarakhand, on April 6, 2020. Cordite Factory located at Aruvankadu has handed over 100 litres of sanitisers to the Nilgiris District Police authorities in Tamil Nadu.High Explosives Factory (HEF) in Pune despatched the first batch of 2,500 litres sanitisers to M/s HLL, Belgavi on April 9, 2020. Chamber

Ordnance Factory Ambajhari (OFAJ) Nagpur has developed fumigation chamber for the purpose of sanitisation. It is fully portable and can be shifted with ease. It is installed at the main entrance of OFAJ Hospital. Ordnance Factory Dehradun handed over indigenously made pedal operated handwashing system fitted with soap dispenser to the police authorities on April 7, 2020.Ordnance Factory Dehu Road, Pune distributed food kits amongst labourers at Dehugaon village on April 6, 2020.(image courtesy :The New Indian Express)