Trump accuses hospitals of hoarding ventilators

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U.S. President Donald Trump accused hospitals on Sunday of hoarding ventilators that are in scarce supply across the United States as the ...

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with supply chain distributors in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., March 29, 2020. REUTERS/Al Drago/File PhotoShare this contentWASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump accused hospitals on Sunday of hoarding ventilators that are in scarce supply across the United States as the coronavirus spreads, adding any hospitals not using the devices must release them.

The Trump administration has been under pressure to ramp up the production of ventilators, which are essential to saving the lives of patients who develop complications with COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus. Speaking earlier on Sunday, Dr. Deborah Birx, a member of Trump's coronavirus task force, told NBC television's"Meet the Press" program that the administration was asking U.S. governors and mayors to know"where your anesthesia ventilators are."

The executive order authorised the US government to directly target hoarders, who can be criminally prosecuted.

 

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Copy and paste and not checking what the full press briefing is... U missing some eh? 'But these are areas, in some cases, that probably will not need them, and in some cases, even if they do, they have too many'

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