Alternative to mercury BP monitor developed
The Hindu
We shall be launching it in the market soon, says IIT Ropar team
The Indian Institute of Technology Ropar has developed an alternative to the mercury blood pressure monitor that works just like the mercury type but is free of mercury. India is a signatory to the Minamata Convention of the World Health Organization (WHO) under which mercury BP monitors are to be banned. The environmental treaty aims at safeguarding human health and the environment from the dangerous effects of mercury. In a recent survey published in the journal Blood Pressure Monitoring by Ravinder Kumar and Dr. Ashish Sahani of IIT Ropar, and Dr. G.S. Wander from the Dayanand Medical College and Hospital(DMCH), Ludhiana, it was found that Indian clinicians still have a high opinion of mercury blood pressure monitors as they consider it more accurate than other devices.
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