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Buyers of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán could misunderstand: instead of ventilators, devices were ordered and delivered in various intensive care units for patients with coronavirus, which are only suitable for the treatment of sleep-dependent respiratory disorders and others. Lung diseases. Also, at home: Magyar Hang learned from various independent sources.
According to the document, several institutions across the country have received ResMed Lumis 150 from the central warehouse. According to data published on the manufacturer’s website, this is a device called CPAP that is used to facilitate breathing for patients with stable conditions who do not have an infectious disease.
It even resembles a ventilator in that it supplies oxygen to the patient’s body through a plastic mask that covers the nose and mouth. However, its great disadvantage, besides not being adequate for ventilation, is that even if it were used for its original purpose, it would be almost impossible if they were accidentally needed. The devices came with a Chinese menu.
ResMed helps respiratory in one of the intensive care units in Hungary (Photo: Magyar Hang)
Furthermore, the malor is not unique, according to Magyar Hang, in the last week or two dozen unusable pieces of equipment have reached the coronavirus departments of various rural health institutions and Budapest, with prices ranging from 750 to 850 US dollars ( 245-275 thousand forints) in online stores. . For comparison, the price of ventilators suitable for the treatment of patients with severe coronavirus is between 2 and 10 million HUF, depending on the category.
An anonymous doctor in an intensive care unit at a rural hospital explained that the machines delivered could not be used for tube ventilation, although this would be a basic requirement for a patient with pneumonia. A very important function of the ventilators used in the intensive care unit is that the oxygen content of the introduced gas mixture can be controlled. But this is also not known by the new team. Ventilation of patients with variable oxygen demand in pneumonia without this function is expressly prohibited as it would jeopardize patient safety.
The Chinese device is designed to be used by a patient at home. According to the source of the document, the serious dilettantism of the buyers is demonstrated by the fact that the manufacturer does not have a network of distributors or services in Hungary.
At the start of the coronavirus epidemic, Viktor Orbán said in March that there are 2,560 ventilators in Hungary, for whom new ones are constantly being obtained from China. “When we are under the heavy load, we may still need 7,500 to 8,000 intensive hospital beds and ventilators,” he said. In mid-April, he put it more accurately: “We should have 8,000 worst-case fans running and more than 30,000 beds.” Some of the fans are known to come from China, but locally made equipment was also purchased.
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