How has 3D printing come to the aid of healthcare during the COVID-19 pandemic?
News-Medical.Net February 18, 2021
Caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic continues to spread across the globe. With new variants emerging to global dominance with heightened infectivity, the world grapples with skyrocketing cases. More than 109.88 million cases have been reported since the virus was first detected in December 2019, and over 2.42 million have lost their lives.
The pandemic has taken a toll on many healthcare systems globally. Many countries have faced challenges due to the lack of hospital beds and intensive care unit (ICU) beds for COVID-19 patients. The most significant difficulty they have faced is a lack of medical equipment in hospitals to cater to the inordinately large flow of inpatients. These...