GM dispatches first batch of ventilators for COVID-19 patients
The first production ventilators are seen at the General Motors Kokomo manufacturing facility in response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Kokomo, Indiana, U.S. April 13, 2020. AJ Mast/General Motors/Handout via REUTERS.
General Motors said on Friday it had started delivering the first batch of 54 ventilators to U.S. hospitals treating severely ill COVID-19 patients.
GM said the Franciscan Health Olympia Fields hospital in Olympia Fields, Illinois, and Chicago's Weiss Memorial Hospitals will receive shipments of 10 ventilators each via package delivery company UPS Inc on Friday.
A third shipment comprising 34 ventilators will be delivered by UPS to the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency at the Gary/Chicago International Airport on Saturday to be distributed at other locations.
General Motors Chairman and CEO Mary Barra and Ventec Life Systems CEO Chris Kiple talk with a worker while touring the GM manufacturing facility, which is producing VOCSN critical care ventilators in response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Kokomo, Indiana, U.S. April 14, 2020. AJ Mast/General Motors/Handout via REUTERS.
The deliveries are part of a contract awarded to GM by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for 30,000 ventilators by the end of August. The contract is worth $489.4 million.
GM is working with ventilator firm Ventec Life Systems to produce the equipment.
A worker prepares to build production ventilators at the General Motors Kokomo manufacturing facility in response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Kokomo, Indiana, U.S. April 7, 2020. AJ Mast/General Motors/Handout via REUTERS.
(Reporting by Ashwini Raj and Ankit Ajmera in Bengaluru; Editing by Vinay Dwivedi)
A worker builds a production ventilator at the General Motors Kokomo manufacturing facility in response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Kokomo, Indiana, U.S. April 13, 2020. AJ Mast/General Motors/Handout via REUTERS. A worker prepares to build production ventilators at the General Motors Kokomo manufacturing facility in response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Kokomo, Indiana, U.S. April 6, 2020. AJ Mast/General Motors/Handout via REUTERS. A worker builds a production ventilator at the General Motors Kokomo manufacturing facility in response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Kokomo, Indiana, U.S. April 13, 2020. AJ Mast/General Motors/Handout via REUTERS. Workers build the first production ventilators at the General Motors Kokomo manufacturing facility in response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Kokomo, Indiana, U.S. April 13, 2020. AJ Mast/General Motors/Handout via REUTERS. A worker starts the process of building production ventilators at the General Motors Kokomo manufacturing facility in response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Kokomo, Indiana, U.S. March 31, 2020. AJ Mast/General Motors/Handout via REUTERS. A worker prepares to build production ventilators at the General Motors Kokomo manufacturing facility in response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Kokomo, Indiana, U.S. April 6, 2020. AJ Mast/General Motors/Handout via REUTERS. The first production ventilator built at the GM Kokomo manufacturing facility, which is producing VOCSN critical care ventilators in response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, is seen in Kokomo, Indiana, U.S. April 13, 2020. AJ Mast/General Motors/Handout via REUTERS. Workers build the first production ventilators at the General Motors Kokomo manufacturing facility in response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Kokomo, Indiana, U.S. April 14, 2020. AJ Mast/General Motors/Handout via REUTERS. FILE PHOTO: The GM logo is seen in Warren, Michigan October 26, 2015. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook
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