The executive committee of the Shared-Cost Fund (FFP) executed by the Agency for the Development and Supervision of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (ADEPME) approved a financing agreement for the manufacture of the first artificial respirators in Senegal, a-t- we learned from a press release.
” ‘The objective of this agreement is to subsidize the manufacture of the first Senegalese artificial respirators designed by students of the Ecole Polytechnique de Thiès, as part of the support measures taken following the Covid-19 pandemic’ ‘ , informs the document received by the APS.
‘This is a product designed and manufactured in Senegal and which adapts to the needs of basic medical structures, in particular the needs of doctors, underlines the text.
“This ventilator is very easy to use, without constraint on the mobility of the doctor who can monitor and control his patients remotely,” argues the same source. ?
” ‘The ventilator can be monitored or controlled from a smartphone, tablet or computer. It can also run on solar power, which is another tangible innovation, ” she adds.
‘The signing of this financing agreement is an opportunity to develop the spirit of entrepreneurship among young students of the Polytechnic of Thiès, the press release reports.
“It will be a vector for promoting jobs with high added value and thanks to this product, we could eventually consider, when national demand is satisfied, exporting to countries in the sub-region”, can we read there.
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