Trump invokes DPA to boost ventilator manufacturers
By HME News Staff
Updated Fri April 3, 2020
WASHINGTON - President Trump has formally invoked the Defense Production Act to ensure that domestic manufacturers, including General Electric, Hill-Rom, Medtronic, ResMed and Royal Philips, can produce ventilators. In a statement the president said: “I am grateful to these and other domestic manufacturers for ramping up their production of ventilators during this difficult time. Today's order will save lives by removing obstacles in the supply chain that threaten the rapid production of ventilators.”
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