A Japanese medical equipment maker said it has been approached by Japan's government to mass produce its animal ventilators to treat people diagnosed with the new coronavirus, and that other countries have also expressed interest.
KAWAGUCHI, Japan - A Japanese medical equipment maker said it has been approached by Japan’s government to mass produce its animal ventilators to treat people diagnosed with the new coronavirus, and that other countries have also expressed interest.
Ventilators, which assist patients struggling to breathe, are in short supply in many countries hardest hit by COVID-19, the pneumonia-like disease caused by the coronavirus. “In a pandemic, there won’t be enough doctors with expert knowledge on site,” Nitta told Reuters in a recent interview at Metran’s factory in Kawaguchi, north of Tokyo. “A simple and a safe machine is needed for doctors who are not familiar with the device.”
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told parliament that his government had secured over 8,000 ventilators necessary to treat patients in serious condition.
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