UK receives 300 ventilators from China to fight coronavirus

The UK has received 300 ventilators from China to fight coronavirus, Michael Gove said as he estimated 1,000 new machines will be produced per day by next week.  The ventilators arrived at MoD Donnington, a British military base situated in Shropshire, on Saturday.  Foreign secretary Dominic Raab confirmed their arrival on Twitter, saying: ‘Today we received … Read more

UK receives 300 ventilators from China to fight coronavirus

The UK has received 300 ventilators from China to fight coronavirus, Michael Gove said as he estimated 1,000 new machines will be produced per day by next week.  A team from University College London working with Mercedes Benz has produced a new non-invasive respirator that has been clinically approved, Mr Gove said in a press … Read more

NHS data shows 66% of coronavirus patients hooked up to ventilators will die

What is the coronavirus?  A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word ‘corona’, which means crown, because they are encased by a … Read more

Medical group Smith & Nephew joins race to build ventilators 

Medical group Smith & Nephew teams up with University of Oxford and King’s College London to build ventilators By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 1 April 2020 | Updated: 23:13 BST, 1 April 2020 Smith & Nephew has become the latest company to join the effort to build ventilators for the … Read more

Shocking footage reveals chaos inside New York hospital where doctors beg for more ventilators

Shocking footage has revealed the chaos inside New York hospitals, with desperate doctors begging for more ventilators and medical equipment to help them tackle the growing crisis as the city’s death toll surged past 1,000 in the last 24 hours. New York state recorded 76,049 confirmed coronavirus cases by the end of Tuesday and 1,550 … Read more

Volunteers at NHS Nightingale hospital warned up to 80 per cent of patients on ventilators will DIE

Volunteers working at the NHS Nightingale coronavirus hospital have been told to prepare for the fact that up to 80 per cent of patients who are on ventilators will die, MailOnline can reveal. Selfless heroes flocking to staff the emergency 4,000-bed unit in east London have been told to ‘be prepared to see death’, with a mortality … Read more

Volunteers at NHS Nightingale hospital warned up to 80 per cent of patients on ventilators will DIE

Volunteers working at the NHS Nightingale coronavirus hospital have been told to prepare for the fact that up to 80 per cent of patients who are on ventilators will die, MailOnline can reveal. Selfless heroes flocking to staff the emergency 4,000-bed unit in east London have been told to ‘be prepared to see death’, with a mortality … Read more

Shocking footage reveals chaos inside New York hospital where doctors beg for more ventilators

Shocking footage has revealed the chaos inside New York hospitals, with desperate doctors begging for more ventilators and medical equipment to help them tackle the growing crisis as the city’s death toll surged past 1,000 in the last 24 hours. New York state recorded 76,049 confirmed coronavirus cases by the end of Tuesday and 1,550 … Read more

MARKET REPORT: AIM group boosted by deal for NHS ventilators

Another day, another chance for investors to reward innovative firms rallying to the Government’s call to supply more ventilators.  A small research and development outfit Science Group has become the latest firm to design a ventilator from scratch.  The AIM-listed business – whose Sagentia subsidiary is responsible for the machines – has signed an agreement … Read more