Pakistan, March 30 -- Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) will soon publish the design of an emergency ventilator that can be assembled for as little as $100.

Ventilators are an essential part of any healthcare facility and they have become indispensable during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Hospitals have been overwhelmed with patients and the shortage of life-saving equipment is growing as the Coronavirus continues to wreak havoc around the world.

Normally, a ventilator costs around $30,000. But, a team of engineers, physicians, computer scientists and other specialists at MIT, is working towards implementing a safe and inexpensive design of the device which can be assembled anywhere.

A decade ago, students of the...