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University to make ventilators

Director Siemens and Project Manager Prof Jean Bosco explains how a ventilator works at Dedan Kimathi University of Technology.The university has come up with a plan to manufacture medical ventilators due to shortage of equipment which was caused by Covid 19 pandemic.Kibata Kihu/Standard

Dedan Kimathi University of Technology is the third Kenyan university to manufacture a medical ventilator to help overcome the shortages experienced after the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic.

The idea was birthed from the medical equipment’s demand and supply chain that is already under strain from companies around the world competing for the same for Covid-19 patients.

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