As hospitals struggle to cope with a shortage of life-saving ventilators to treat coronavirus patients, a group of volunteers from Portugal launched on Tuesday evening a unique platform hoping to bring old, unused medical equipment back to life.
FILE PHOTO: A woman wearing a protective mask as a preventive measure against coronavirus disease enters the subway at Rossio Square in downtown Lisbon, Portugal March 19, 2020. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante/File Photo
Hundreds of people liked the tweet, and many replied thanking Nascimento and the volunteers for their work. “These are the acts the country needs,” one Twitter user said. The rapidly spreading outbreak, which has killed more than 17,000 people globally, is putting healthcare systems around the world in a tight spot and there is a shortage of ventilators needed to treat coronavirus patients.
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