The inside story of the UK’s NHS coronavirus ventilator challenge
It all began with a woeful shortage of machines – and a desperate search to find firms to make them
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As realisation dawned that a full-blown coronavirus outbreak was inevitable, the government set British industry a seemingly impossible task.
The NHS had about 8,000 ventilators available but the latest modelling, based on evidence from China, suggested that up to 30,000 would be needed, within a matter of weeks.
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