Estimated €8.1 million spent on medical devices in early days of the pandemic will never be recovered
In total, the HSE made advanced payments to new suppliers of 2,198 ventilators totalling €81 million, of which some €50.5 million was later refunded.
However, in response to a proposal from the HSE, the Department of Health on March 21st, 2020 sanctioned the purchase of 1,900 ventilators at an estimated cost of €73.5 million, an implied average cost of €38,700 per ventilator. “Instead, the quantity for which sanction was requested appears to have been based on the orders that the HSE had already placed with potential suppliers and orders that were at an advanced stage of negotiation,” the report said.
Performance tests were carried out for the HSE on 100 ventilators that came from new suppliers and 41 failed. None of the 467 ventilators from new suppliers were ultimately used.
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