Sunday, April 5, 2020

Beware Of Medical Supplies From China

Photo: Several countries have reported faults with Chinese-made medical equipment imported to fight COVID-19. (Reuters via cnsphoto)

ABC News Online: China's coronavirus supplies are being rejected — how do we ensure quality in a pandemic?

China's had a rough few months.

As the emerging superpower entered 2020, a coronavirus outbreak in the industrial hub of Wuhan swept the nation, then the world, which crippled the global economy in turn.

By March, things began to slowly turn around, as China's drastic lockdown measures appear to have slowed the country's infection rates.

This has placed China in a position to supply sorely needed medical products as coronavirus has shuttered production capacity elsewhere.

Chinese state media Xinhua reported in early March that China was producing 116 million masks daily, about 12 times as many as a month prior, according to official data.

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WNU Editor: Quality control over products that require a lot of quality control has never been a strong point for Chinese companies that do not have overseas partners who can insure quality standards are met. Can's say that I am surprised that many are finding problems with these made in China medical products.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Faulty medical supply, in parts gifted, in parts sold by China - pushed on us during a deadly pandemic - made things so much worse for countries around the World.

Our patients who didn't have to die died
Our doctors who didn't have to die died

We will not forget what made in China means

Bob the impaler said...

My neighbor is a county official for the Republic of Ireland. He told me the other day that Ireland sent a special flight to China to pick up some PPE. The flight returned to Ireland only to find out all of the equipment was fitted for children. So the plane gassed up again went back to China.