Ottawa is ordering 10,000 more ventilators in anticipation of a second surge of the coronavirus, but could potentially donate to countries facing rising infections
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrives in the foyer of the House of Commons for a meeting of the Special Committee on the COVID-19 Pandemic in Ottawa, on May 27, 2020.The federal government has ordered the manufacture of 10,000 additional ventilators to bolster the national supply in case a resurgence of COVID-19 sends thousands of critically ill patients into intensive care later this year.
As case counts began rising in Canada, Dr. McDonald and his team at Queen’s University in Kingston adapted the device using parts that could be sourced domestically. “There’s no doubt that there are parts of the world that are going to be in need going forward,” Dr. McDonald said. Dr. Srinivasan said that while an emergency ventilator, like the kind adapted by Dr. McDonald’s team, would be a better alternative, “with supply-chain issues it’s just not clear that it would get to people by the time they need it.” The group has launched a not-for-profit effort dubbed Project Prana that aims to make kits available to hospitals in the developing world where there could be a rapid increase in demand for ventilators due to COVID-19.
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