Posted on 04/30/2020 4:41:04 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
LONDON - Senior British doctors have warned that 250 ventilators the United Kingdom bought from China risk causing "significant patient harm, including death," if they are used in hospitals, according to a letter seen by NBC News.
The doctors said the machines had a problematic oxygen supply, could not be cleaned properly, had an unfamiliar design and a confusing instruction manual, and were built for use in ambulances, not hospitals.
The British case is not an isolated one, and it comes as a stark example of a procurement problem that has plagued many countries as the coronavirus has spread throughout the world.
Since March, many governments have been scrambling to buy more medical equipment — much of it from China — to make up for large gaps in their supplies. While much of this equipment has been vital in combating the pandemic, some has been faulty or unsuitable.
As in the United States, the government in Britain has been heavily criticized for its coronavirus response.
With more than 26,000 people dead, critics say the government has failed to provide protective equipment for health care workers and widespread testing.
On April 4, Cabinet ministers triumphantly announced that they had scored a much-needed win, buying 300 ventilators from China that were unloaded with some fanfare at a military base in England.
But nine days later, a group of senior doctors and medical managers issued a grave warning about 250 ventilators that they had received, the Shangrila 510 model made by Beijing Aeonmed Co. Ltd., one of China's major ventilator manufacturers.
"We believe that if used, significant patient harm, including death, is likely," according to an April 13 letter seen by NBC News.
(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnews.com ...
And THIS is why DJT is continuing to have our factories poop out ventilators, PPE, etc.
The US rolls in with first class products, as opposed to the junk from China.
Stupid! this is the second wave, do you not think that the masks that RAT GOVENOR newsom ordered with tax payer money to the Chinese are sanitized??? Each one has been infected by the direction of the CCP. How stupid, how derelict
> confusing instruction manual
Chiglish instruction manuals are quite common.
Of course they can. Screw China.
They were designed by former Volkswagen engineers under contract to the Chinese? :)
My face mask was made in Virginia.
That what you ponder but reality make the untruth.
State
...and now BFF's of the Demonrat Party
More likely BY Virginia Chung outside Wuhan, China. :-)
Chinese junk to be exact
“Chiglish instruction manuals are quite common.”
Love the part in their manuals that says...
“If you are missing a part, STOP assembly immediately and contact the manufacturer at 1-800-555-1234. DO NOT return the product to place of purchase.”
"...and were built for use in ambulances, not hospitals."
Not sure how that would make any difference, but there it is.
In Calif the democrat governor Hair Gel Newsom gave the Chinese $1 billion for 200 million masks that will never show up. If some show up they will be defective.
He refuses to give any details why China and why the company he choose in a no bid contract.
It is a money laundering operation for him. Kickbacks to him and other democrats.
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