First 20 US-donated ventilators installed at Baragwanath hospital in Soweto

The first 20 ventilators which will form part of a total donation of 1 000 ventilators from the US government have been installed at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital in Soweto.

At a ceremony at the hospital on Saturday, US Ambassador to South Africa Lana Marks said South Africa was the first country to receive ventilator donations from the United States Agency for International Development.

She added that not only were the ventilators a gift to the people of South Africa, but also to healthcare workers responding to the global pandemic……more