IDS donates ‘Hands-free Sanitizer Dispenser’ to hospitals under ‘Giving back to the society’ drive
Mangaluru (Press release): The Indian Design School (IDS) designed and donated an innovative ‘Hands-free Sanitizer Dispenser’ to major hospitals in Mangalore on Monday, 4th May 2020, as a part of their ‘Giving Back to the Society’ drive. This was done as a necessary step towards making the hospitals stronger in the fight against COVID 19.
From its inception, the Indian Design School has been making two areas its main priority – Education comes first and Giving back to the society. It is this strong belief of theirs that made them take responsibility as an institute in the time of crisis and help those in need through what they do best – innovative designs. Under the guidance of its Chairman, Ar. Mohammed Nissar, the IDS Team worked tirelessly to make its contribution in the time of need. The whole “thought-to-reality” process has been best highlighted in the following stages –
Stage 1 – Brainstorming
Ever since the lockdown began, the IDS team had been constantly thinking of means to help the hospitals and the society through the power of design. This resulted in a one week long non-stop process of providing hospitals and other public spaces what they need the most – a foot operated hand sanitizer dispenser, to make disinfection handsfree and reduce the spread of infection. Just as every innovative idea, this one too began its journey from humble beginnings – a pen and paper. The IDS Team worked out every possible permutation and combinations to make the design easy to use and easy to manufacture, while being cost effective. The pictures best exemplify the process.
Stage 2 – Fabrication
Once the design was finalised, the next step was materialising the design. The working drawings of the finalised design was then sent to the fabricator where design came into reality. High grade stainless steel was used in its production as IDS believes in “quality comes first” approach. The fabrication was done as quickly as possible so that the finished product could be tested.
Stage 3 – Testing
Once the product was fabricated, it had to be rigorously tested for its usability, strength, durability and possible issues and flaws in practical use. Fortunately, the design turned out to be flawless and strong. This was confirmed after many usages and hard testing both in the factory as well as in the institute.
Stage 4 – Giving Back to the Society
Once a sufficient number of prototypes were produced, Ar. Mohammed Nissar (Chairman of IDS) and Ar. Ramnath Nayak (Principal of IDS) began the donation drive. The innovative ‘Hands-free Sanitizer Dispenser’ was donated to the Wenlock Hospital and the Govt. Lady Goschen Hospital on Monday, 4th of May 2020. The donation was done in coordination with Dr Sadashiva (DMO Wenlock Hospital), Dr Jacintha (CMO Wenlock Hospital), Dr Thajuddeen (Physician & Team A leader, Wenlock Hospital) and Dr. Savitha B.S. (Medical Superintendent, Govt. Lady Goschen Hospital)
The doctors and administrative staff of these hospitals praised the gesture of IIID MRC calling it “a noble gesture in the hour of crisis for providing the much-needed equipment.” The entire process was kept low profile. Nonetheless, the Karnataka State Health Department sought it necessary to let the deed go unnoticed. They sent a letter of appreciation to IDS praising their timely help and support.
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Hospital wall collapse: CM orders suspension of executive engineer; kin of victims get solatium
Bengaluru (PTI): Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday ordered the immediate suspension of an executive engineer for the Bowring and Lady Curzon Hospital wall collapse that claimed the lives of seven people, during a high-level review meeting at Vidhana Soudha.
A compensation of Rs 5 lakh, as announced by the CM Siddaramaiah, was distributed to the families of seven victims who lost their lives in the tragedy on Wednesday evening, which occurred due to heavy downpour with gusty winds and hailstorm.
The meeting of municipal commissioners of the five corporations, chaired by the chief minister and attended by Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar, focused on fixing accountability and examining lapses that led to the tragedy.
"Why was soil dumped in a way that damaged the wall? Why did you not monitor this?" Siddaramaiah asked, pulling up hospital authorities during the meeting.
A statement from the chief minister's office said that the CM ordered the immediate suspension of the executive engineer of the Karnataka Health Systems Development Project (KHSDP).
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He also questioned the hospital authorities, asking why they failed to monitor the dumping of soil that weakened the structure.
The chief minister directed that a notice be issued to the head of the Hospital.
During the meeting, Siddaramaiah said the rains had caused extensive damage in the city, with over 250 trees uprooted.
The Chief Minister instructed officials to take necessary measures before the onset of the monsoon to avoid untoward incidents.
Commissioners of all five municipal zones in Bengaluru have been asked to take precautionary steps, including trimming dry and dangerous tree branches, the CMO said.
Siddaramaiah also directed them to get the silt cleared from stormwater drains to prevent flooding, and that immediate action be taken to remove debris and fallen branches from roads.
Further, he instructed that barricades be placed at underpasses where water stagnates and restricts public movement.
The Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) Chief Commissioner M Maheshwar Rao said in a statement that Shivajinagar MLA Rizwan Arshad distributed compensation cheques of Rs 5 lakh each to the families of the deceased on Thursday.
Seven people, including a six-year-old girl, were killed and seven others injured when the compound wall collapsed amid heavy rain, strong winds and a hailstorm on Wednesday evening.
Police said the victims, comprising three from Bengaluru, two from Kerala on a study tour and one each from Uttar Pradesh and Assam, had taken shelter near the wall when it suddenly gave way, trapping them under the debris.
The chief minister questioned officials over the dumping of soil near the wall despite knowing it could weaken the structure, and directed that a notice be issued to the head of Bowring Hospital.
Siddaramaiah, who had visited the spot soon after the incident along with senior officials, reviewed the situation and ordered a detailed probe into the collapse.
