Reaction & Commentary
TO THE TOP OF THE TRASH HEAP AND WE’RE TALKING ABOUT MILLIONS IN THESE REPRESENT LATERS. THOSE WERE THE MOST NECESSARY MEDICAL EQUIPMENT FOR THE WORST OF THE COVID PATIENTS. SO THEY’RE TRASHED, THEY ARE GONE, THEY ARE DESTROYED, AND THEY’RE ON VIDEO. THAT’S MAKING A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT’S MAKING A LOT OF PEOPLE
REALLY ANGRY. >> A CONSTANT STREAM OF RACE, TIRES, TRASH, AND AT THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN, A RESIDENT TAKING GARBAGE TO THE SOUTH GATE LANDFILL LAST WEEK STUNNED TO SEE HUNDREDS OF BRAND-NEW WRAPPED MEDICAL VENTILATORS DUMPED AS BULKY TRASH. >> THIS IS WHAT’S GOING ON. BRAND-NEW.
>> AT THE TELL US HERE WHAT WAS DUMPED IS USUALLY PLOWED IN UNDER A DAY SO THE VENTILATORS ARE PROBABLY GONE. >> I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS A LOT OF WASTE. >> THOWSESS AND THOUSANDS OF >> THOWSESS AND THOUSANDS OF MEDICAL UNITS THAT ARE BEING TOSSED OUT. >> Reporter: BUT WHY, A
35-YEAR-OLD COMPANY IN BEIJING, AEROSPACE CHANG FANG LIMITED. THIS IS THE MODEL NUMBER, WE FIND LISTED AT $26,000 LAST SPRING WHEN VENTILATORS WERE IN SHORT SUPPLY FOR AN EXPLODING NUMBER OF COVID PATIENTS. WITH THIS LETTER. THE F.D.A. HAD GIVEN EMERGENCY USE AUTHORIZATION FOR A RYCE OF 86 VENTILATORS FOR COVID USE.
86 VENTILATORS FOR COVID USE. THE ACNA12A IS NOT LISTED THERE. >> Reporter: THIS IS THE DURALL BASED CUSTOMS BROKER THAT BROUGHT THE PAT LETS OF BRAND-NEW VENTILATORS TO THE DUMP LAST WEEK AND WHERE THE INFORMATION TRAIL ENDS. >> WE HAVE TO GET AUTHORIZATION. >> SO WITHOUT KNOWING WHO THE
IMPORTER IS, WE TAKE IT TO THE F.D.A. AND LEARN THAT ANY MEDICAL DEVICE, ANY EQUIPMENT LIKE THAT, WITHOUT APPROVAL, EMERGENCY OR OTHERWISE, MAY NOT BE LEGALLY USED, AND SO THE OPTIONS ARE EITHER TAKE IT OUT OF THE COUNTRY OR TAKE IT TO BE DESTROYED AND THIS IS THE TART
LESS COSTLY OPTION OF THOSE TWO THINGS.
