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How the mighty have fallen
PlainName:
Philips, who are pretty trustworthy for quality kit (and a price to match) are in a bit of a pickle:
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/apr/09/faulty-philips-ventilators-uk-hospitals-patient-lives-risk
Not just one problem either. This particular alert is due to the ventilators ability to fail and not sound an alarm, but previous issues have been with "the degradation of foam used in some ventilators and sleep apnoea machines, which could lead to users inhaling cancer-causing chemicals." They've had a previous recall for ventilators stopping working, which could be fixed, but apparently there is no fix for the latest problem.
Beginning to look a bit like Boeing.
BrokenYugo:
I think the era of a giant corporation you could trust to some extent was more of a historical oddity than anything that had a chance of staying around.
ferdieCX:
Quality has a price.
When the customer just look for the cheapest option and the companies get managed by bean counters, you have the perfect storm.
m98:
I don't see where this should be an indication of Phillips being any less trustworthy. Seriously, every single airliner delivered has greater technical issues than some degrading foams here and one expired adhesive there. And 389 out of how many units actually had an electrical failure?
Sure they should try to improve their processes to prevent known issues from arising, but absolute perfection is an unreachable goal.
PlainName:
Sure, everyone has one problem or another, but what stands out here is the 'oops, it's stopped' alarm not alarming, and the necessity to remove all the ventilators because they can't, or won't, be fixed. Those sound like pretty major cockups.
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