Revolutionary Israeli Ventilation System Provides Smart Solutions for COVID ICU Wards | The Jewish Press - JewishPress.com | Sharon Gelbach | 9 Tevet 5781 – December 24, 2020
Prof. Ori Efrati (L), Dr. Michael Cohen (R) and the Multiuser Ventilator When COVID-19 first erupted in March 2020, health authorities warned that a surfeit in severely ill coronavirus patients would overwhelm the system due, in large part, to a lack of ventilation machines â the standard of care for coronavirus patients whose condition deteriorated to pneumonia. In the ensuing months, Prof. Eyal Leshem, Sheba Medical Centerâs director of the Center for Travel Medicine and Tropical Diseases, explained that in addition to the shortage of ventilators, one of the most pressing issues w...