Roszdravnadzor will check the ventilator
Federal service on surveillance in healthcare (Roszdravnadzor) will check the quality, safety and operating conditions of artificial lung ventilation (ALV) in the city hospital named after S. I. Spasokukotskogo in Moscow and St George in St. Petersburg. The reason for inspections was the ignition devices 9 and 12 may, respectively.
In Moscow on may 9 for the circuit in the ventilator there was a fire, killing an elderly woman connected to this apparatus was evacuated by 295 people. As for the fire in the hospital of Saint Petersburg, we consider several versions: short circuit, fault, overload, improper use. This was reported by TASS in law enforcement bodies. According to the source, fire ventilators were produced at the Ural instrument plant.