- Published on March 24, 2020
- In AI Features
After N95 Masks, Elon Musk Offers to Donate & Manufacture Ventilators For Hospitals
- By Anu Thomas
After offering to manufacture ventilators if there is a shortage, SpaceX owner and Tesla CEO Elon Musk has offered 1,255 ventilators for free to support the fight against Covid-19. Musk has been tweeting frequently about the outbreak and this comes as hospitals across the world are facing deficits in medical equipment.
Confirming the news, Musk has said that since China had an oversupply, he bought 1,255 FDA-approved ResMed, Philips and Medtronic ventilators. “If you want a free ventilator installed, please let us know!,” he added in the tweet.
This also follows Musk’s discussions with medical device company Medtronic about the production and supply of its ventilators.
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1241430035627565056
Ventilators have emerged as a crucial tool in treating Covid-19, which in some cases can cause severe respiratory problems. Responding to the surge in demand of these life-saving machines across healthcare systems in the world, Medtronic had
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Anu Thomas
Anu is a writer who stews in existential angst and actively seeks what’s broken. Lover of avant-garde films and BoJack Horseman fan theories, she has previously worked for Economic Times. Contact: anu.thomas@analyticsindiamag.com
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