{"id":212259,"date":"2022-10-29T20:08:16","date_gmt":"2022-10-29T14:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=212259"},"modified":"2022-10-29T20:08:16","modified_gmt":"2022-10-29T14:38:16","slug":"desi-dil-global-lifesaver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/desi-dil-global-lifesaver\/","title":{"rendered":"Desi dil, global lifesaver"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>&#8211; The post is based on the article <strong>\u201cDesi dil, global lifesaver\u201d <\/strong>published in the <strong>The Times of India <\/strong>on <strong>29th October 2022<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Syllabus: <\/strong>GS3- Science and Technology<\/p>\n<p><strong>Relevance<\/strong>&#8211; Technological advances in medical science in India<\/p>\n<p><strong>News- <\/strong>The article explains the project of developing artificial heart by IIT Kanpur.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>What is the importance of the artificial heart being built by IIT Kanpur?<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>32% of global deaths are due to cardiovascular diseases.<\/p>\n<p>Artificial heart is a<strong> logical solution<\/strong>. Earlier it was meant to be a bridge to heart transplant. But now there is no need for a transplant. Patients with artificial hearts are leading active life.<\/p>\n<p>But it is not affordable. It cost around 1 crore rupee in India.<\/p>\n<p>The artificial heart built by IIT Kanpur is the <strong>cheapest and the most advanced<\/strong>. It will be beneficial for the common man.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>What is the model strategy by IIT Kanpur to develop this product?<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>A team of engineers from IIT Kanpur is executing the project.<\/p>\n<p>The mentorship is provided by alumni having knowledge of building machines to support failing hearts.<\/p>\n<p>Initial capital is being provided by the alumni. The future capital will come from government and private funding agencies.<\/p>\n<p>Leading heart specialists from India with domain knowledge are acting as advisors to the project.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>What are some facts related to the technological potential of our country?<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>We have made phenomenal progress in space and defence technology.<\/p>\n<p>Vital healthcare equipment like MRIs, Ultrasounds and lasers are products of defence research.<\/p>\n<p>Today platforms for defence and healthcare on software where we are undisputed leaders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source&#8211; The post is based on the article \u201cDesi dil, global lifesaver\u201d published in the The Times of India on 29th October 2022. Syllabus: GS3- Science and Technology Relevance&#8211; Technological advances in medical science in India News- The article explains the project of developing artificial heart by IIT Kanpur. What is the importance of the&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/desi-dil-global-lifesaver\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Desi dil, global lifesaver<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[216,10496],"class_list":["post-212259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-3","tag-times-of-india","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212259\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}