Government chooses design of ventilators that UK urgently needs
by Rob Davies from on (#5146K)
Sources say existing models will be used to meet expected demand for 30,000 machines
The government has chosen the medical ventilators it believes can be rapidly produced to equip the NHS with 30,000 machines needed to cope with an upsurge in Covid-19 patients.
Amid concern that the 8,175 devices available will not be sufficient, manufacturing giants have been looking at designing a model that could be mass-produced, based on criteria issued by the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC).
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