And they may have caught a break, after the same model of Russian ventilators burst into flames, killing six people in Moscow and St Petersburg this week.
But dozens of ventilators sent from Moscow to New York and New Jersey to help their hospitals respond to the coronavirus outbreak have gone unused — and will now be handed over to federal authorities.
US equipment is designed to handle 110 volts, whereas Russian equipment is designed for 220-volt electricity. The US may have caught a lucky break by not using the ventilators, since two of the same models burst into flames in Russian hospitals in the past week, killing six people. Russian authorities have launched an investigation into the fires.
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