Lok Sabha Question No. 124 (STARRED), answered on 2021-07-28
Subject: COVID BEEP
Ministry: ATOMIC ENERGY
Asked by: Chinta Anuradha, Adala Prabhakara Reddy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF ATOMIC ENERGY LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *124

TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.07.2021

## COVID BEEP

- *124.  SHRIMATI CHINTA ANURADHA : SHRI ADALA PRABHAKARA REDDY :

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state :

- (a) whether the Government has launched the COVID BEEP which was developed by  the  Department  of  Atomic  Energy  (DAE)  in  collaboration  with  the  IIT Hyderabad and the ESIC Medical College, Hyderabad;
- (b) if so, the details thereof ;
- (c) whether this is India's first indigenous and cost effective monitoring system for COVID-19 patients and if so, the details thereof ;
- (d) whether the Government has taken any steps to undertake the production of COVID BEEP on a large scale; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES & PENSIONS AND PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE (DR. JITENDRA SINGH): \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

(a)to(e) A statement is placed on the Table of the House.

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## Government of India Department of Atomic Energy

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION No. *124 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 28.07.2021 BY SHRIMATI CHINTA ANURADHA & SHRI ADALA PRABHAKARA REDDY REGARDING 'COVID BEEP'.

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- (a)&(b)COVID-BEEP was developed by Electronics Corporation of India Ltd. (ECIL) in  association  with  ESIC  Medical  College,  Hyderabad.    COVID-BEEP  was launched  by  the  Hon'ble  Dr.  Jitendra  Singh,  Minister  of  State  in the Department  of  Atomic  Energy  in  the  presence  of  Shri  Santosh  Kumar Gangwar,  former  Minister  of  State  in  Ministry  of  Labour  and  Employment, Shri  G.  Kishan  Reddy,  the  then  Minister  of  State  in  the  Ministry  of  Home Affairs  and  Shri  K  N  Vyas,  Secretary,  DAE  &  Chairman,  Atomic  Energy Commission on June 07 th , 2020.
- (c) Yes,  Sir.  This  is  India's  first  indigenous  and  cost  effective  Remote  Health Monitoring  System  (RHMS)  for  Covid-19  Patients  and  beyond.  Details  of COVID beep is attached at Annexure-I.
- (d) Yes, Sir.
- (e) (i)  40 Nos. of COVID-BEEP were supplied as part of ECIL CSR activities to Government  hospitals  in  Hyderabad  for  deployment  and  feedback  in  FY 2020-2021. Further, additional 100 Nos. are being prepared for dispatch to ESIC, Hyderabad by mid-August, 2021.
- (ii)    DPE  has been approached to examine the possibility of deployment in CPSE hospitals.
- (iii)  The features of product were also presented through Virtual Conference to  the  Secretary,  Ministry  of  Labour  and  Employment,  Govt.  of  India  on June  11 th ,  2021.  Based  on  the  deliberations,  a  proposal  was  submitted  to Ministry of Labour & Employment for large scale deployment.

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## Annexure-I

## IoT based Continuous Oxygenation Vital Information remote monitoring System (COVID BEEP)

Monitoring    of  patient's  health  during  medical  treatment,  quarantine, self-isolation and Aged parents/people staying away is a challenging task for medical  staff  with limited  resources  available  in  the  wake  of  its  highly contagious in nature. There is every necessity to monitor the body parameters of  patient  constantly  and  report  to  concerned  doctor  or  medical  staff  for immediate  attentive actions to reduce the fatalities. COVID-19  patients generally  exhibit  symptoms  like  fever,  cough  and  difficulty  in  respiration  or breath. Hence, continuous monitoring of body temperature, Oxygen saturation (SPO2), Heart beat rate, Blood Pressure (BP), ECG and Respiration rate plays key  role  in  assessment  of  the  patient  health  condition  and  subsequently  to support with proper medical equipment or medication. This exercise may put the  doctor  and  medical  staff  in  danger  for  constantly  getting  in  touch  with patients like COVID-19.

To  address  this  issue,  ECIL  in  consultation  with  ESIC  Medical  College, Hyderabad  has  come  up  with  an  novel  solution  by  name  'IoT    based continuous oxygenation vital information remote  monitoring  System  (COVIDBEEP)'  consisting  of  a  versatile    indigenous    wrist  wearable  device  and  a mobile App/ web browser by means of which patient can be monitored from any place.  It  can  communicate  with  remote  system  or  mobile  by  means  of GSM SIM or long-range Bluetooth . It is also possible to track the patients with built in GPS system.

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A prototype of  the  system  has  been  developed  and  tested  successfully  with different patients in a joint venture with ESIC, Hyderabad, BARC Mumbai and TMH,  Mumbai.  The  measured  parameters  were  cross  verified  and  revealed results from the device in agreement with the standard equipment.

ECIL  has  incorporated  the  feedback  received  from  team  of  doctors  and  the system is ready with field deployable version with three variants.

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