Modulus Housing, an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras-incubated start-up, has developed a movable hospital unit. This unit can be installed anywhere within 2 hours. Named ‘MediCAB’, is designed to detect, screen, identify, isolate and treat COVID-19 patients in the local areas.
This foldable composed project has been launched in Wayanad. These are released to treat the COVID-19 patients. The unit functions efficiently and is set to introduce in the micro-hospitals can be placed across the nation. The unit is composed into 4 zones- doctor’s room, an isolation room, a medical room/ward, and a twin-bed ICU, maintained at negative pressure.
The project was founded by the two IIT alumni in 2018. Modulus Housing is supported by the IIT-Madras Incubation Cell. Their goal is to revolutionise housing through modular prefab structures. They are designing structures to fight the covid-19.
This startup has collaborated with Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST).
Shreeram Ravichandran, Chief Executive Officer, Modulus Housing, said, “The outcome of this pilot project in Kerala will help in proving the applicability of the technology and advantages of micro-hospitals, with MediCAB as an instant infrastructure solution. It can be easily assembled in eight hours by four people. When folded, our collapsible cabins are reduced five-fold, making it very cost-effective for transportation.”
He further added that “Health infrastructure is crucial in fighting any pandemic. With a contagious disease such as COVID-19, it is essential to have smart health infrastructure to screen, contain and treat people. Unlike urban areas where there is plenty of existing infrastructures that can be converted to hospitals, rural areas do not have a lot of infrastructure. It is difficult to construct buildings from scratch as the requirement is immediate. As the rural population density is relatively low, more micro hospitals help greatly in tackling COVID-19 cases.”
The startup is currently working on the isolation wards. They can be transformed into micro-hospitals or clinics in rural India when the situation becomes normal