PIC: Screenshot from GCO video
Doha: Barzan Holding, a Qatari company affiliated with Ministry of Defense is currently manufacturing ventilators for local and global market.
They are producing 8,000 ventilators per month, which are hundred percent locally made in record time, Government Communication Office tweeted along with a video showing the manufacturing process.
“Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, @MOD_Qatar-affiliated Barzan Holdings managed to manufacture ventilators that are 100% locally made in record time.
The company is currently producing up to 8,000 ventilators per month to meet the needs of the local and global market,” GCO said.
Barzan is making their Savr-Q ventilators at their headquarters in the Qatar Science and Technology Park from April as Coronavirus pandemic spread around the world.
“Barzan Holding is building a lasting legacy in Qatar,” the video said.
The ventilators are 100 percent Qatari in terms of engineering and manufacturing.
"It is a small, light device, made for civilian and military use," Saud Abdullah al-Mana'i, the assistant project manager for Savr-Q, told Al Jazeera.
"It is 100 percent Qatari in terms of engineering and manufacturing."
Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, @MOD_Qatar-affiliated Barzan Holdings managed to manufacture ventilators that are 100% locally made in record time. The company is currently producing up to 8,000 ventilators per month to meet the needs of the local and global market. pic.twitter.com/NhlSvxemvw
— مكتب الاتصال الحكومي (@GCOQatar) July 12, 2020