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Elon Musk Ships 1,200 Ventilators From China To Los Angeles
Forbes Staff
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Topline: The Tesla CEO has been a prominent skeptic of the coronavirus crisis, branding the pandemic “dumb” but on Monday confirmed that he had donated 1,200 ventilators to Los Angeles to help the city’s fight against the pneumonia-like virus.
National governments and hospitals around the world have scrambled to place orders for ventilators from medical device manufacturers, who have limited production capacity, as doctors in Italy, the worst cluster of coronavirus outside China, were which patients would receive the lifesaving support of a ventilator.
Crucial quote: “Yup, China had an oversupply, so we bought 1255 FDA-approved ResMed, Philips & Medtronic ventilators on Friday night & airshipped them to LA. If you want a free ventilator installed, please let us know!” said Elon Musk in a tweet on Monday.
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Elon Musk Ships 1,200 Ventilators From China To Los Angeles
Forbes Staff
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Topline: The Tesla CEO has been a prominent skeptic of the coronavirus crisis, branding the pandemic “dumb” but on Monday confirmed that he had donated 1,200 ventilators to Los Angeles to help the city’s fight against the pneumonia-like virus.
- The Tesla CEO tweeted that he had bought 1,255 FDA-approved medical ventilators from China on Friday evening and had them flown into Los Angeles.
- “Elon Musk: How about this? I told you a few days ago he was likely to have 1,000 ventilators this week,” said California Governor Gavin Newsom at a on Monday. ““They arrived in Los Angeles, and Elon Musk is already working with the hospital association and others to get those ventilators out in real time. It’s an heroic effort.”
- The entrepreneur thanked the Tesla China team and customs officials in China and Los Angeles for facilitating the shipment of the medical devices, which are a crucial tool in treating patients with respiratory symptoms from Covid-19.
Musk has drawn fire for tweeting “” and that children were “” to the virus, and questioning that there would be a at U.S. hospitals. - Tesla and General Motors have promised to build ventilators but have not confirmed when production will begin.
- The also tweeted on March 21, 2020, that he had spoken with medical device maker Medtronic.
National governments and hospitals around the world have scrambled to place orders for ventilators from medical device manufacturers, who have limited production capacity, as doctors in Italy, the worst cluster of coronavirus outside China, were which patients would receive the lifesaving support of a ventilator.
Crucial quote: “Yup, China had an oversupply, so we bought 1255 FDA-approved ResMed, Philips & Medtronic ventilators on Friday night & airshipped them to LA. If you want a free ventilator installed, please let us know!” said Elon Musk in a tweet on Monday.
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