HSE completes internal investigation into purchase of Chinese ventilators

The health service paid €14.1m to a media management company, Roqu Media International, for the delivery of 328 ventilators on March 23 last year. File picture: AP/ John Minchillo

An internal investigation into the HSE’s purchase of €10m Chinese ventilators which were never used has been completed – but there is no timeframe for its publication.

The six-month internal audit review into the procurement of ventilators as part of the Covid-19 response from February 2020 onwards saw a draft report submitted to the HSE on March 9, 2021.