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                  iFixit Creates Free Medical Repair Database

   Josh Centers

   Hospitals around the world are struggling to keep their medical devices
   working during the COVID-19 pandemic, a problem made worse by travel
   limitations and manufacturers restricting repair information. In an
   attempt to help, repair-guide site iFixit dedicated half of its staff
   for the past two months to develop [1]the world's most comprehensive
   medical repair database, featuring over 13,000 service manuals. iFixit
   says that this is just the beginning of its efforts, and the company
   makes no money on the project.

   iFixit's work highlights the importance of the Right to Repair
   movement. In these times, functional medical equipment is literally a
   matter of life or death, and hospitals don't always have time to wait
   for an official repair technician. Even worse, sometimes the
   manufacturer either won't repair a device or has gone out of business,
   which has been a challenge for [2]the handful of polio survivors still
   relying on iron lungs (be sure to read [3]the Gizmodo article as well).

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   1. https://www.ifixit.com/News/41440/introducing-the-worlds-largest-medical-repair-database-free-for-everyone
   2. https://www.advisory.com/daily-briefing/2017/11/28/iron-lung
   3. https://gizmodo.com/the-last-of-the-iron-lungs-1819079169
   4. https://www.ifixit.com/News/41440/introducing-the-worlds-largest-medical-repair-database-free-for-everyone

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