The sale of snorkelling full face masks has been blocked by retail Decathlon, and instead they have been donated to Spanish hospitals.
An engineering team has developed and successfully tested a 3D printed adapter to turn a snorkeling mask into a non-invasive ventilator for COVID-19 patients.
As hospitals face an overload of Covid-19 patients struggling to breathe, innovative medical staff is turning to snorkel masks from sports stores to stop their lungs collapsing.
The idea started in Italy, the European country worst-hit by the coronavirus pandemic, with hospitals in other nations taking note and adding their own specific medical parts to make it work.
