Facing the risks associated with the pandemic, Peruvian Air Force (FAP) personnel manufacture isolation chambers that reduce the possibility of contagion among medical personnel who care for COVID-19 patients.
"After reviewing the need of our doctors and nurses, we made something that will help them protect themselves, continue fighting against this virus, and get ahead," said FAP technician Jose Lomas, supervisor of the composite material workshop.
As Lomas explained, the isolation chambers facilitate a safer transfer of any patient to his/her room.
It is a tool made with aeronautical material: for example, the support is made of a material usually seen in cargo planes, as well as the tapes that are destined for the protection of cargo holds.
This work has been possible thanks to the professional capacity of the staff, who received training in South Korea, Canada, and the United States.
Air Force Mayor Edgardo Beltran —Deputy Chief of the Air Force Maintenance Service— said the objective is to protect the medical and technical personnel who care for patients and —at the same time— reduce risks of contagion.
The chambers are used in different hospitals in the country, the FAP concluded.