Federal Government Orders 64K Ventilators at Cost of $1.4 Billion

Seven manufacturers have received contracts from the U.S. government worth a total of $1.43 billion to supply over 64,000 ventilators as part of the nation’s response to the coronavirus, the HHS announced Monday.

General Electric, Hamilton, Hill-Rom, Medtronic, ResMed, Vyaire, and Zoll will deliver the equipment over the next three months, the Department of Health and Human Services said.

The contracts will increase the national stockpile and help states that say they don’t have enough ventilators for all the Covid-19 patients who need one.

“The thousands of ventilators delivered to the Strategic National Stockpile starting this month, continuing through the ...