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Ballarat business approved to make ventilators for Victorian Government to treat COVID-19 – ABC News

A Ballarat manufacturer has been given the go-ahead to produce ventilators used to treat severe cases of COVID-19.

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A ventilator designed in a Ballarat back shed in just five days has been approved for manufacture to assist in treating severe cases of COVID-19.
Key points:

  • The ventilator was designed in Ballarat early in the pandemic
  • The design was fast-tracked for approval by the Therapeutic Goods Administration
  • The Victorian Government has now purchased 170 of the machines

The machines were developed by Gekko Systems, a Ballarat company that usually makes mining equipm…

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