Warrington Hospital virtually picks up national award for Covid-19 'black box' technology
Patient Donna Wall - picture from Sky News WARRINGTON Hospital has 'virtually' picked up a national award after transforming a simple medical device into a potentially life-saving therapy for Covid-19 patients. During the height of the crisis, hospital staff came up with their own solution to the worldwide shortage of ventilators by modifying 'black boxes' (continuous positive airway pressure devices), a technology ordinarily used to help sleep apnoea patients The mixed hospital team of doctors, nurses and health professionals were officially named as the inaugural winners of the new ...
Source: warringtonguardian.co.uk