Nepal’s ventilator ‘bank’ boosts COVID fight in rural hospitals
Al Jazeera
Non-profit Nepal Ventilator Services rents out critical care machines to insufficiently equipped hospitals.
A ventilator “bank” where hospitals can rent critical care machines for COVID-19 patients has given Nepal’s cash-strapped healthcare system a much-needed lifeline. The Himalayan nation, like its South Asian neighbours, experienced a spike in infections in April and May with hospitals overwhelmed and medical supplies running low. As the infectious disease started to spread across the impoverished nation a year ago, Nepal only had 840 ventilators for a population of nearly 30 million, according to government data.
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