Hello from South Dade Landfill, where $millions in brand-new medical ventilators were dumped & destroyed.... infuriating some who know the need for the most serious #covid19 patients.
It’s here On video (*salty language alert*). Also, threading what we’ve learned
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2/ The stamp on the crate shows the ventilator manufacturer is a 35yr old company in Beijing: Aerospace Changfeng Ltd.
The shipment likely came through US Customs last May.
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3/The model number, ACM812A, indicates it’s an anesthesia ventilator. We found this broker’s listingselling it for $26,000 US last spring, when ventilators were in shortt supply for an exploding number of #covid19 patients.

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4/ A Doral-based customs broker shepherded the shipment of ventilators through US Customs in #Miami .
The same company brought the shipment to the dump last afternoon on April 14th.
The VP there says he isn’t authorized to make the importer’s information public...
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5/ A year ago March, as the nationwide scramble for ventilators ramped up, the FDA gave Emergency Use Authorization that allowed certain ventilator models to be repurposed for #covid19 patients ...

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6/ This is the FDA’s list of ventilators approved for emergency authorized use. There are 86 models. The Beijing Aerospace ChangFeng Ltd ACM812A is not listed among them:

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7/ Medical equipment ie ventilators without approval - emergency use or otherwise - are not legal to use.
Options:
1) take them out of the country
2) trash them
Guess which is far less costly to do ...

Anyone with info on the importer? DMs are open!

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8/ Wrapping this thread with our broadcast tonight @WPLGLocal10 - about all the brand-new medical ventilators (mysteriously) dumped as bulky trash