It was a simple engineering twist on a breathing apparatus to enhance the delivery and precision of medication dosage. In the end, the collaboration between two teams from drink manufacturer Wisynco and medical staff at the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) is making a life-changing difference for patients with COVID-19.

Spacers, 2,000 of them, have been made by Wisynco at its Lakes Pen, St Catherine, plant and distributed to the KPH, The University Hospital of the West Indies, the Bustamante Hospital for Children, and Spanish Town Public Hospital, with a manufacturing target of 5,000 to meet the anticipated demand by other hospitals.

Working from a retrofitted shipping container last Wednesday, Victor Henry was using a blowtorch to heat 7/8-inch metal piping before pressing the virgin PET bottles on to it, creating a hole in the bottom, before depositing them into a large cardboard box.

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