Behind the global rush to make domestic ventilator: technology has shortcomings and production capacity is stuck.
Editor’s note: This article comes from the WeChat public account “ Smart Things” (ID: zhidxcom) , The author’s heart.
One hundred thousand rush! The continuous spread of the New Coronary Pneumonia epidemic has transformed the world into a giant ICU. Severe patients are waiting in line to use a ventilator to renew their lives, but the ventilator is seriously in short supply!
According to the report of Fortune magazine in the United States, The current number of ventilators in global medical institutions only accounts for about 9% of the total demand . Global ventilator manufacturers are running at full capacity, and domestic ventilator manufacturers that have steadily promoted resumption of production have become the life-saving straws of the world.
▲ Ventilator inventory and demand in some overseas countries (as of March 28)
According to the data released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology on April 8, China ’s ventilator manufacturers Cumulative supply of nearly 29,000 ventilators to the country , Among them, nearly 18,000 units were supplied to Hubei, including 3000 sets of invasive ventilators; supplied nearly 18,000 sets of various types of ventilators abroad, including more than 4,000 sets of invasive ventilators. All enterprises are working overtime and negotiating with international purchasers in accordance with the principle of marketization.
Previously on March 31, New York State Governor Andrew Como had publicly stated that New York had ordered 17,000 ventilators from China, but because other states are also snapping up, it is estimated that only Can get 2,500 units.
