The ventilation devices that Russia handed over to the United States as part of its support in the fight against coronavirus did not pass certification in the US federal structures.
On Saturday, May 30, according to Reuters.
According to media reports, when US President Donald Trump agreed to accept Russian humanitarian aid, the White House did not notify the Food and Drug Administration. The agency learned about the arrival of cargo from the Federal Emergency Management Agency the day before 45 US artificial lung ventilation devices arrived in the United States.
At that time, the states seriously needed equipment, since the healthcare system was overloaded due to the rapid spread of coronavirus. In this regard, ventilators were sent to the epicenter of the American epidemic in New York, however, Democrats in the US Congress found that the systems did not pass state certification.
For example, Congresswoman-Democrat Carolyn Maloney, who oversees the oversight committee, expressed in a commentary to journalists “serious concern about whether President Trump and his aides in the White House could keep the FDA unaware, in a hurry to put Russian ventilation machines into operation.”
The White House did not comment on what happened, referring only to a statement by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which spoke about the urgent need for equipment. But the Democratic Party is actively exploiting the incident.
“It is troubling that potentially unsafe medical devices could enter the United States, apparently with little or no official verification,” said Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr.