The technology developed by ISRO to handle the interplay of man, machine, and surrounding environmental variables has the potential to benefit India’s healthcare sector. It has already aided in the development of less expensive mechanical limbs, left ventricular support, artificial jaws, and ventilators, among other things, thanks to ISRO’s contributions.
QUEST stands for Quality Improvement. ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) Space Technology will assist 11 hospitals around the country in increasing their safety, quality, and reliability.
ISRO will demonstrate to healthcare professionals how it tackles the interface of man, machine, and environment in its possible human spaceflight programmes using the Health-QUEST.
The technology used in ISRO’s Health-QUEST is a spin-off from NASA’s space programme. It has aided in the development of, among other things, cost-effective prosthetic limbs, left ventricular support, artificial jaws, and ventilators.
ISRO’s human and unmanned spaceflights both experience drastic temperature variations. As a result, another ISRO spin-off in the health sector that has proven to be useful in defence is flame-resistant equipment coatings, search and rescue beacons, and aerogel thermal gear for soldiers to withstand severe temperatures.
On Thursday, ISRO’s Directorate of Safety, Quality, and Reliability will organise a Health-QUEST demonstration session at its headquarters (DSRQ).
ISRO said in a news statement that its pilot programme in Chennai’s Dr Mehta Hospital and Bengaluru’s Narayana Health City had achieved “promising outcomes.”
ISRO plans to expand the programme to more hospitals and healthcare centres across the country if it is effective in these 11 hospitals.
It began working on the initiative in response to the request and interest of healthcare experts in the country who wanted to study how the space agency tackles safety, quality, and dependability in the interplay of man, machine, and environment in its possible human spaceflight missions.
The Association of Healthcare Providers (India) (AHPI) and the Consortium of Accredited Healthcare Organizations (CAHO) approached ISRO in 2016 about the project, according to ISRO.
