Canada’s ventilator supply soared to 27,000 during COVID-19 pandemic
“We bought a lot of stuff, meaning the ventilators specifically, because that’s one of the things we thought we actually needed. But I think we acknowledged that it was mostly space and staff that were the main limitations with the health system, rather than the stuff,” he said.
From McDonald’s point of view, the surplus may still be a valuable asset. Although thousands of ventilators remain unused, the rush to manufacture the machines is an example of global collaboration during a time of need. Plus, even as the use of ventilators declined, the health community worried about the potential of a highly transmissible variant that also caused severe illness.If that happens in the next pandemic, the surplus supply may be a valuable asset, McDonald suggested.
A proposal for a further developed, made-in-Canada ventilator by McDonald’s team, along with proposals from others, had already been selected days before a March 2020 news conference in which Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke about procuring medical equipment.Story continues below advertisement
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