One of the main problems for the treatment of Covid-19 is solved with equipment that is important for the treatment, such as respirators. According to the official statement, this seems to be no longer a problem.
O Ministry of Health, with the help of the Government, it will end the month with the delivery of 272 respirators produced in Brazil.
Os contratos que foram assinados a partir de 7 de abril, garantem uma solução nacional diante da dificuldade mundial de aquisição do equipamento.
Today, the Ministry of Health had a purchase of 15 thousand respirators produced in China, which had to be canceled because the supplier did not get the devices. Thus, over three months, a network of companies will help meet the needs of the SUS (Unified Health System), with 14,100 mechanical respirators.
Ventilators help patients who cannot breathe on their own
Os médicos dizem que o uso é indicado nos casos mais graves de coronavírus (COVID-19), que apresentem dificuldades respiratórias. Sabe-se que hoje o Brasil conta com 65.411 respiradores/ventiladores, sendo que 46.663 estão disponíveis no SUS. Os novos aparelhos servirão para o atendimento estratégico ao longo da dinâmica da doença no país, em especial nos serviços de maior sobrecarga.
Still on Covid-19, the new minister of health said:
“An important factor in the distribution of equipment will be the qualification of health professionals. We already have devices distributed throughout Brazil and professionals responsible for these services. When we put more respirators in the system, we will also have to look at who will work with them and what the execution capacity of each location is.”
Portanto, diante do cenário de escassez internacional devido à alta demanda em todo o mundo por conta da pandemia, a indústria brasileira vem se movimentando para atender à necessidade nacional. Além disso, mais de 15 instituições estão envolvidas, o que inclui fabricantes processadores, instituições financeiras e empresas de alta tecnologia, entre outras.
In an official note from the Ministry of Health, he added:
“Finding solutions to provide more service capacity to the system is fundamental”. “We are going to use this solution to meet demand throughout the epidemic in Brazil. There is no point in randomly distributing it to all states. This must be done according to demand and also looking at the capacity of the local health network to expand its service. We cannot allow these devices to be underused.”
Finally, according to a note released on the Ministry of Health website, a solid partnership between the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Economy carried out a mapping of the industrial park, when the capacities 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
