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FEMA Threw Out Faulty Ventilators from Russia

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The ventilator model was blamed for two fires that killed seven coronavirus patients in Moscow and St. Petersburg.

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FEMA Threw Out Faulty Ventilators from Russia

A FEMA spokesperson told BuzzFeed News the agency has “disposed of” 45 Russian ventilators delivered as part of a US–Russia exchange of medical supplies but never used.“First, the Aventa-M ventilators required an electrical voltage not compatible in the US, meaning they could not be used without an adapter that hospitals did not have. Weeks later, several of the same models caught fire in Russian hospitals, causing the deaths of six people and p…

4 years ago·New York, United States

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Forbes

The U.S. Has Thrown Out Faulty Ventilators Russia Sent As Pandemic Aid

The Russian shipment received by the U.S. was worth about $1 million, the U.S. sent a medical supply shipment to Russia worth $5.6 million over the next 2 months.

4 years ago·United States

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Radio Free Europe/ RadioLiberty

U.S. Reportedly Threw Out 45 Faulty Russian Ventilators Without Using Them

The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has reportedly thrown away the 45 ventilators delivered by Russia at the height of the coronavirus pandemic without ever using them because of multiple defects.

4 years ago·Czechia

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The Moscow Times

U.S. Trashes Faulty Russian Ventilators From Virus Aid Package – Reports

The ventilator model was blamed for two fires that killed seven coronavirus patients in Moscow and St. Petersburg.

4 years ago·Moscow, Russian Federation

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BuzzFeed News

FEMA Threw Out The Faulty Ventilators Russia Gave The US Without Ever Using Them

A FEMA spokesperson told BuzzFeed News the agency has “disposed of” 45 Russian ventilators delivered as part of a US–Russia exchange of medical supplies but never used.

4 years ago·United States

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Meduza

Russian manufacturer says it refuses to believe news reports that America trashed the ventilators shipped to NYC in April — Meduza

The Rostec subsidiary that manufactured the 45 ventilators delivered to New York earlier this year as part of a U.S.-Russian exchange of medical supplies says it doesn’t believe reports in the American news media that the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency “disposed of” the hardware. “We believe in reason and reject the idea that American officials could do such a thing with valuable equipment so highly in demand around the world during th…

4 years ago·Riga, Latvia

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