The University of Technology and Science, a member school of the Da Nang University (UD) has made the debut of a mobile cabin which transports patients infected with COVID-19.

The cabin can be moved by using an electric scooter or just manually pulling

The over 1.5m long, nearly 1m wide, 1.8m high cabin is equipped similarly to a negative pressure chamber with disinfectant spray equipment,an exhaust fan, warning lights and oxygen tanks for use in emergency situations.

The 80kg, 4-wheel device which features a maximum load of 200kg can be moved by using an electric scooter in the hospital’s premises or just manually pulling along corridors.

The initial production cost of the product is estimated at VND60 million, and if mass production is conducted, the price will be reduced further.

The product was researched and created by Master Dang Xuan Thuy, a lecturer at Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, the University of Technology and Science and his colleagues.

The cabin was made within one month at per request of the Lien Chieu District Medical Centre, with the aim of meeting the transportation needs of patients suspected or infected with COVID-19 within the hospital.

The device was handed over to the centre on July 1.

The device helps facilitate the transportation of patients suspected of catching the virus from quarantine areas to wards for clinical examination, as well as from the wards where they are detected to the concentrated quarantine sites, thus helping prevent the spread of the viris and cross-contamination during travelling.

Reporting by NGOC HA – Translating by A.T