https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...n-order-government-shortage-nhs-a9426561.html
"The government has ordered 10,000 medical ventilators designed at breakneck speed by vacuum maker Dyson, founder James Dyson has said, as the country tries to boost the number of devices available to treat coronavirus patients.
The prime minister, in anticipation of cases peaking in Britain in coming weeks, had made an urgent appeal to manufacturers to supply the National Health Service and would also use devices from private hospitals and other sources.
“We have received an initial order of 10,000 units from the UK Government which we will supply on an open-book basis,” James Dyson said on Wednesday in an email to staff seen by Reuters.
“We are also looking at ways of making it available internationally.”
So out of this, Dyson will sell 5000 to NHS, donate 1000 and then donate the rest of 4000 internationally.
Dyson is well placed to quickly make reliable ventilators as they have expertise in key areas like air movement, motors, power systems, manufacturing and supply chain gained from its products like air purifiers and fans as well as cleaners.
This is in addition to Smiths who will ramp up production of their ventilators by producing 5000 over the next two weeks.
So it looks like in 2-3 weeks NHS will have an additional 11,000 ventilators to add to the 8000 already in place and another 4000 on order. Total should be 25000 which is what the government thinks is required.
Massive help is coming to the NHS soon from UK industry.
"The government has ordered 10,000 medical ventilators designed at breakneck speed by vacuum maker Dyson, founder James Dyson has said, as the country tries to boost the number of devices available to treat coronavirus patients.
The prime minister, in anticipation of cases peaking in Britain in coming weeks, had made an urgent appeal to manufacturers to supply the National Health Service and would also use devices from private hospitals and other sources.
“We have received an initial order of 10,000 units from the UK Government which we will supply on an open-book basis,” James Dyson said on Wednesday in an email to staff seen by Reuters.
“We are also looking at ways of making it available internationally.”
So out of this, Dyson will sell 5000 to NHS, donate 1000 and then donate the rest of 4000 internationally.
Dyson is well placed to quickly make reliable ventilators as they have expertise in key areas like air movement, motors, power systems, manufacturing and supply chain gained from its products like air purifiers and fans as well as cleaners.
This is in addition to Smiths who will ramp up production of their ventilators by producing 5000 over the next two weeks.
So it looks like in 2-3 weeks NHS will have an additional 11,000 ventilators to add to the 8000 already in place and another 4000 on order. Total should be 25000 which is what the government thinks is required.
Massive help is coming to the NHS soon from UK industry.
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