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Negative-Pressure Ventilator, Shaash

This is a Negative-Pressure Ventilator. It was designed by Karnaphuli Industries Limited.

This object is not part of the Cooper Hewitt's permanent collection. It was able to spend time at the museum on loan from Saber Chowdhury as part of Design and Healing: Creative Responses to Epidemics.

It is dated 2021. Its medium is fiberglass, electronic components. It is a part of the Exhibitions department.

Shaash is engineered and manufactured in Bangladesh, where 125,000 people die each year from COPD, asthma, and other illnesses caused by air pollution. To date, 1,500 ventilators exist for a population of more than 160,000,000. To be useful in Bangladesh, Shaash must be sturdy, affordable, transportable, resistant to dust, and easy to operate and maintain. A conventional imported ventilator costs $25,000–$50,000. Shaash costs less than $1,000. A product successful in Bangladesh could transform health care in South Asia and Africa.

It is credited Courtesy of Karnaphuli Industries Limited.

Its dimensions are

H x W x D (Approx.): 61 × 91.4 × 61 cm (24 × 36 × 24 in.)

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Design and Healing: Creative Responses to Epidemics.

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