UK manufacturers to export surplus medical ventilators

UK government initially called for 30,000 machines but NHS capacity was never stretched

UK manufacturers are to export surplus medical ventilators after they produced 14,000 to treat coronavirus patients only to find that most were not needed.

Boris Johnson hailed the success of the “ventilator challenge”, which began in mid-March when he urged British industry to help produce up to 30,000 of the devices amid fears that NHS supplies could be overwhelmed.

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from The Guardian https://ift.tt/31IRWuU

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