General Motors’ first ventilators are ready for delivery
Company was ordered to make the medical devices by the Trump administration. …
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Workers build the first production ventilators at the General Motors manufacturing facility in Kokomo, Indiana on Monday, April 13, 2020.
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GM says the first 600 ventilators will be delivered by month’s end, with more than 15,000 by the end of June.
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The ventilators are licensed from Ventec Life Systems and are meant for use with the most critically ill patients.
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On Tuesday, General Motors revealed that its first ventilators are ready for delivery. The automaker has a contract with the US Department of Health and Human Services to license-build 30,000 Ventec Life Systems V+ Pro critical care ventilators, following criticism by President Donald Trump in March when he accused the company of “wasting time.” These ventilators are designed to treat the most critically ill patients, who need invasive intubation (tubes inserted into the lungs) as opposed to non-invasive machines like CPAP or BiPAP devices, which are also often referred to as ventilators.
GM says that it will ship the first 600 ventilators by the end of April, with “almost half the order” ready by the end of June and the full 30,000 by the end of August. The company has the capacity to produce more if needed. The automaker has leveraged its logistics chain
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