Russia examines ventilator type sent to U.S. after fires kill 6
Same model of ventilator suspected in 2 hospital fires
Thomson Reuters ? Posted: May 13, 2020 1:39 AM ET | Last Updated: May 13
Moscow has begun investigating the safety of a Russian-made medical ventilator, some of which have been sent to the United States though not used, after six people died in hospital fires reported to involve two such machines.
Five people died at Saint George's Hospital in St. Petersburg on Tuesday, including four in a coronavirus intensive care unit, according to a local lawyer. A source told the TASS news agency that the fire broke out after a ventilator, used to help severely ill COVID-19 patients breathe, burst into flames in the ward.
A similar fire — caused by the same model of ventilator, according to a law enforcement source speaking to TASS — killed one person in a hospital in Moscow on Saturday...
