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According to the Embassy of Uzbekistan 200 artificial lung ventilation devices IVL with a total value of about 2.5 million were sent from the United States to our country the correspondent of the Dunyo news agency reported. The ventilators are being donated as part of the humanitarian aid announced in June by the administration of President Donald Trump.The issue of providing this medical equipment to support efforts to counter the coronavirus pandemic in Uzbekistan was the subject of a series of consultations in Washington conducted by the Embassy with representatives of the administration of the head of the White House the Department of State and the United States Agency for International Development USAID.The technical characteristics of the equipment were presented during a meeting of our diplomatic mission with representatives of the USAID Health Office and expert anesthetists of the University of California. It is known that medical equipment is manufactured by the American manufacturer Zoll Medical Corporation which has over 40 years of experience in the development of technologies and software for medical purposes.The provided ventilators are manufactured by special order taking into account the technical infrastructure of the healthcare institutions in Uzbekistan. According to their characteristics these devices are used for intensive care both in inpatient treatment and during transportation by airborne transport or in ambulances. Practitioners at the University of California who used this model of ventilators have confirmed its effectiveness in treating those infected with COVID-19 including in the severe stage of the disease when the patient is unable to breathe on his own. These devices make it possible to apply various methods of artificial ventilation of the lungs and support the vital functions of patients from infants to adult patients.According to the Embassy the ventilators provided by the American side will be distributed by the Ministry of Health of Uzbekistan among 62 medical institutions in all regions of the country.
