'Car boot sale' ventilators sent from China to Black Country were a disaster - health boss
A health chief has said the arrival of unreliable ventilators to hospitals in the West Midlands was one of the “disasters” in the pandemic fight.
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A total of 250 Shangrila 510 ventilator models, made by Chinese firm Beijing Aeonmed Co Ltd, arrived in the region in April.
But medical experts warned the unreliable and unsafe models could cause “significant patient harm, including death”.
The Chinese ventilators arrived at sites across the region, including at Sandwell General Hospital in West Bromwich and New Cross Hospital in Wolverhampton.
