Senior doctors warn 250 ventilators purchased by the U.K. from China may risk 'significant patient harm, including death.'
The ventilators received from China, the Shangrila 510 model, were built by one of the country's major ventilator manufacturers, Beijing Aeonmed Co. Ltd. The manufacturer could not be reached for comment.
Addressed directly to a senior NHS official, the letter stated:"We look forward to the withdrawal and replacement of these ventilators with devices better able to provide intensive care ventilation for our patients."to the Department of Health and Social Care for comment. The DHSC said the Shangrila 510 ventilator model is being kept as a reserve and is not currently in use at any hospitals.
"I'd like to thank the Chinese government for their support in securing that capacity," said the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lanchester, Michael Gove, during a recent press briefing at the time. China's power in producing lifesaving equipment has been essential to governments rushing to fill the gaps in their own supply. At a press briefing this past Sunday, Li Xingqian, China's director of the Commerce of Ministry's foreign trade department, said 74 countries and six international organizations had signed 192 contracts for Chinese medical supplies.
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