通用汽車 美國公司 4月14日開始生產Ventec生命系統V+Pro重症護理呼吸機
本文摘譯自MASSDEVICE醫療網4月14日報道，以下為詳文
通用汽車公司4月14日開始在該公司製造商的印第安納州科科莫工廠大規模生產Ventec生命系統V+Pro 重症護理呼吸機。
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通用汽車和Ventec公司從美國衛生和公共服務部（Department of Health and Human Services）簽訂了一份價值4.894億美元的合同，將在6月底前向國家戰略儲備交付6132臺呼吸機，8月底前運送30000臺。
在COVID-19大流行期間，美國和世界各地的醫療機構迫切需要更多的救生呼吸機。3月底，美國總統唐納德•特朗普（Donald Trump）根據《朝鮮戰爭時期國防生產法案》（Korean War era Defense Production Act）要求美國衛生和公共服務部（HHS）訂購呼吸機，該法案在戰爭或國家危機時期優先考慮政府訂單。自那以後，政府根據法律共簽署9份呼吸機合同，價值超過25億美元。
白宮國防生產法案政策協調人Peter Navarro在一份通用汽車新聞稿件中說道：“在特朗普時代，通用汽車迅速採取行動，製造出美國抗擊冠狀病毒戰爭中最關鍵的救生設備之一。”
通用汽車和Ventec公司盡力從供應商處採購數百個的零部件和組裝件，設計新的製造工藝，改造通用汽車的Kokomo工廠，持續僱傭1000多名工廠工人，以及全面執行健康和安全工作場所協議。
兩家公司表示，他們將在本月裝運600多臺呼吸機。
General Motors kicks off mass production of ventilators
APRIL 14, 2020 BY CHRIS NEWMARKER LEAVE A COMMENT
General Motors Kokomo Indiana ventilators coronavirus
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General Motors today began mass production of the Ventec Life Systems V+Pro critical care ventilator at the automaker’s Kokomo, Ind. plant.
GM and Ventec have a $489.4 million contract from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to deliver 6,132 ventilators to the Strategic National Stockpile by the end of June, with 30,000 shipped by the end of August.
Health providers across the United States and around the world desperately need more life-saving ventilators amid the COVID-19 pandemic. President Donald Trump in late March had HHS order the ventilators under the Korean War-era Defense Production Act, which prioritizes government orders in a time of war or national crisis. The government since then has inked a total nine ventilator contracts worth more than $2.5 billion under the law.
“GM has moved swiftly in Trump time to manufacture one of the most critical lifesaving devices in America’s war against the coronavirus,” Peter Navarro, the White House’s Defense Production Act policy coordinator, said in a GM news release.
The GM and Ventec effort involved sourcing hundreds of parts and assemblies from suppliers, designing a new manufacturing process, transforming GM’s Kokomo factory, the ongoing hiring of more than 1,000 plant workers, and implementing extensive health and safety workplace protocols.
The companies say they will ship more than 600 ventilators this month.
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