Supplier delivers 10 replacement ventilators amidst controversy

Dubai company Executors General Trading LLC, on Wednesday, delivered 10 of the 75 ventilators that were procured from the company, by the Maldives' government, for the country's COVID-19 response.

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Ministry of Health's Director-General Thasleema Usman speaking at the Parliamentary Committee on Public Accounts. She confirmed that Executors General Trading LLC delivered 10 ventilaros in replacement of the previously supplied portable ventilators that did not fit the agreement spcifications. PHOTO: PARLIAMENT

Shahudha Mohamed

2020-09-03 13:37:56

Dubai company Executors General Trading LLC, on Wednesday, delivered 10 of the 75 ventilators that were procured from the company, by the Maldives' government, for the country's COVID-19 response.

The ventilators were supplied as a replacement for the 10 previously delivered ventilators, which were deemed as not fit, per the specifications laid out in the agreement. A team of doctors, nurses and biomedical engineers concluded that these ventilators were not suitable for COVID-19 treatment.

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