Good!
When I read “convert anesthesiology machines to ventilators” my first reaction was “there’s no way.”
So I searched and found lots of articles on precisely that! Here’s one...
Fearing shortage, hospitals convert other machines into ventilators.
With most of its ventilators already attached to COVID-19 patients, a top New York hospital system is repurposing its anesthetics-dispensing devices and other equipment into makeshift breathing machines.
The Northwell hospital system that runs the Lenox Hill, Long Island Jewish and Staten Island University hospitals says 75 percent of its ventilators are already occupied — with the apex of the coronavirus crisis still weeks away.
“We’re converting 300 anesthesia machines into ventilators,” Northwell spokesman Terry Lynam told The Post.