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Mexico to start making ventilators as coronavirus cases rise

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Mexico City, Jun 6 (EFE).- A shortage of ventilators for Covid-19 patients has forced Mexico to import them, but that is set to change in the coming weeks when a no-frills version made entirely of domestically sourced parts enters production.The 28-member biomedical engineering team at the Salvador Zubiran National Institute of Medical Science and Nutrition developed the VSZ-20 ventilator in a record time of less than two months.Some coronavirus patients reach a point where they can no longer breathe on their own, requiring "support from a ventilator that performs the functions of the lungs," the head of the team, Fanny Alvarado, told Efe. (Camera: MIGUEL ANGEL ANDRADE). SHOT LIST: THE VSZ-20 VENTILATOR AT THE SALVADOR ZUBIRAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE AND NUTRITION IN MEXICO CITY, MEXICO.SOUND BITES: JUAN JESUS MEJIA, AN ENGINEER IN THE BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT AT THE SALVADOR ZUBIRAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE AND NUTRITION; AND FANNY ALVARADO, HEAD OF THE BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT AT THE SALVADOR ZUBIRAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE AND NUTRITION (IN SPANISH).TRANSLATION: JUAN JESUS MEJIA - It's not just connect the machine and you're done. It's understanding various important parameters such as volume, pressure, the resistance of the patient. (00:19-00:32).FANNY ALVARADO - It will be to support all the hospitals in Mexico and if at some moment it's needed in other countries, we will certainly be able to commercialize it. (01:20-01:31).

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