One of the main challenges in treating Covid-19 is solved with essential equipment, such as respirators. According to the official statement, this appears to no longer be a problem.
THE Ministry of Health, with the help of the Government, it will end the month with the delivery of 272 respirators produced in Brazil.
The contracts, which were signed on or after April 7, guarantee a national solution to the global difficulty in acquiring the equipment.
Today, the Ministry of Health had a purchase of 15,000 ventilators produced in China, but it had to be canceled because the supplier was unable to obtain the devices. Thus, over the course of three months, a network of companies will help meet the needs of the Unified Health System (SUS) with 14,100 mechanical ventilators.
Ventilators help patients who cannot breathe on their own
Doctors say their use is indicated in the most severe cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), in which respiratory difficulties occur. Brazil currently has 65,411 respirators/ventilators, 46,663 of which are available through the Unified Health System (SUS). The new devices will be used for strategic care throughout the disease's progression in the country, especially in the most overburdened services.
Still on Covid-19, the new health minister stated:
"An important factor in the distribution of equipment will be the qualifications of healthcare professionals. We already have equipment distributed throughout Brazil and professionals responsible for these services. When we add more ventilators to the system, we will also need to consider who will work with them and the operational capacity of each location."
Therefore, faced with international shortages due to high demand worldwide due to the pandemic, Brazilian industry has been moving to meet the national need. Furthermore, more than 15 institutions are involved, including processing manufacturers, financial institutions, and high-tech companies, among others.
In an official note from the Ministry of Health, he added:
"Finding solutions to increase the system's service capacity is essential." "We will use this solution to meet demand throughout the epidemic in Brazil. There's no point in randomly distributing it to all states. This must be done according to demand and also considering the local health network's capacity to expand its services. We cannot allow these devices to remain underutilized."
Finally, according to a note published on the Ministry of Health's website, a solid partnership between the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Economy carried out a mapping of the industrial park, when the capabilities of each sector were identified.
Therefore, in this mapping, companies were found that had a small production scale, but that had expertise and others that could contribute to expanding deliveries in the shortest possible time.
Source: Ministry of Health