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COVID Crisis Sparks Sustainable Health Innovation
Five newly designed oxygen ventilators are on their way to Lagos, Nigeria in April.
For all the sorrow it brings, the COVID-19 pandemic is driving innovation and one UK-based startup is ready to move forward with a medical device that’s a potential gamechanger for the developing world.
Five newly designed oxygen ventilators are on their way to Lagos, Nigeria in April after successful trials at Loughborough University’s National Centre for Sports and Exercise Medicine and the Leicester Royal Infirmary Hospital. Another batch of the ShiVent ventilators are headed for Pune, India.