❓ The WA government purchased 363 additional ventilators in preparation for COVID-19. 271 ventilators are currently deployed, with the rest ready for surge capacity. Details of costs and purchase dates are provided.
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I refer to the State Government's preparation for COVID-19, and I ask: (a) have any additional ventilators been purchased; (b) if yes to (a), how much did each cost, when were they purchased and which hospitals were they allocated to; (c) how many ventilators does the Department of Health have in total across all the hospitals and health campuses; and (d) of those in (c), how many are located at metropolitan and country locations?
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Answered
13 October 2021
Responded by
Minister for Mental Health representing the Minister for Health
Response time
8 days
I thank the Honourable Member for some notice of the question.
(a) Yes, 363 ventilators were purchased as part of COVID-19 preparations.
(b) Please refer to table for the cost of each ventilator and the purchase date. The equipment is centrally stored with a commissioning program to ensure equipment is ready for deployment to Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Departments at WA hospitals in the event of a ventilated bed space surge. I seek leave to have the table incorporated into Hansard.
Ventilator Model
Unit Cost (excl. GST)
Purchase Date
Hamilton T1
$32,269.00
March 2020
Puritan Bennett [PB] 840
$42,000.00
April 2020
Mindray SV800
$63,050.00
March 2020
Hamilton C1
$74,744.50
April 2020
BD Carefusion VELA RC1023
$59,143.00
April 2020
Mindray SynoVent E3
$41,684.00
April 2020
Mindray SynoVent E5
$51,028.00
April 2020
Vyaire BellaVista 1000
$73,077.00
April 2020
GE R860
$86,651.00
April 2020
Getinge Maquet (Servo-s)
$68,979.00
April 2020
Getinge Maquet (Servo-i)
$88,651.00
April 2020
(c) 271 ventilators with the rest ready for deployment in the event of an ICU surge.
(d) 219 ventilators located at metropolitan locations, 52 located at country locations
(a) Yes, 363 ventilators were purchased as part of COVID-19 preparations.
(b) Please refer to table for the cost of each ventilator and the purchase date. The equipment is centrally stored with a commissioning program to ensure equipment is ready for deployment to Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Departments at WA hospitals in the event of a ventilated bed space surge. I seek leave to have the table incorporated into Hansard.
Ventilator Model
Unit Cost (excl. GST)
Purchase Date
Hamilton T1
$32,269.00
March 2020
Puritan Bennett [PB] 840
$42,000.00
April 2020
Mindray SV800
$63,050.00
March 2020
Hamilton C1
$74,744.50
April 2020
BD Carefusion VELA RC1023
$59,143.00
April 2020
Mindray SynoVent E3
$41,684.00
April 2020
Mindray SynoVent E5
$51,028.00
April 2020
Vyaire BellaVista 1000
$73,077.00
April 2020
GE R860
$86,651.00
April 2020
Getinge Maquet (Servo-s)
$68,979.00
April 2020
Getinge Maquet (Servo-i)
$88,651.00
April 2020
(c) 271 ventilators with the rest ready for deployment in the event of an ICU surge.
(d) 219 ventilators located at metropolitan locations, 52 located at country locations
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