Sir James Dyson is poised to kickstart production of a ventilator for the NHS and is waiting for the government to rubber stamp the project as manufacturers join the fight against coronavirus. The base is a stone's throw away from the company's Malmesbury headquarters and had been earmarked by Dyson for the production of electric cars. But the company believes a unit there can be quickly transformed to build ventilators. The newspaper said Sir James is hopeful of quickly moving to large scale production of the ventilators with the billionaire entrepreneur apparently taking a 'hands on' role in the process. It came as the Welsh government backed plans drawn up by a consultant anaesthetist, Rhys Thomas, to build a ventilator for people who are not in intensive care.

Source: Daily Mail March 25, 2020 09:36 UTC