In this 24×7 Magazine exclusive, we sit down with Margaret “Maggie” Berkey, CBET, the 2021 recipient of the AAMI & GE Healthcare “BMET of the Year” Award. Here, Berkey reveals her contributions to the HTM field and shares how the COVID-19 pandemic affected operations at her workplace.
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Members of the volunteer group India COVID SOS are collecting CPAP machines that can be combined with a few over-the-counter parts to make ventilators for COVID-19 patients in India, reports Fox 5 San Diego.
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Journalist Damon Beres, who has covered the right-to-repair movement for years, shares on Slate his response to Josh Bales’ novel “In the Land of Broken Things,” the plot of which centers around desperately trying to fix respiratory equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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A man charged with stealing ventilators intended for COVID-19 patients in El Salvador last year has now been caught and arrested, reports CBSMiami.
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A 12-year-old from Winnetka, Ill., used the skills he learned as chief engineer for his middle school’s LEGO League Robotics team to create a low-cost ventilator, reports WLS.
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