The donation of the intensive care devices, funded by Kuwait, came a week after local and international public health advisers said hospitals in the enclave could soon become overwhelmed.
"Why is no one offering to help? Why aren't we receiving phone calls from social workers or psychologists offering mental support?"
The device has been in use since March at the Rambam Medical Center in Haifa.
SodaStream, an Israel-based company best known for manufacturing a seltzer making device, is working with Hadassah Medical Center to develop a non-invasive breathing aid
In June the US Food and Drug Administration granted fast-track designation to RLF-100 for treatment of respiratory distress in COVID-19.
The committee also said that the White House had ignored Philips' failure to deliver the thousands of ventilators it had promised by mid-2019 under the earlier agreement.
A life is a life. Can the Israeli healthcare system put that value into action?
Project Rozana will be funding onsite training for Palestinian ICU medical professionals, which will take place at Rambam Hospital in Haifa.
The White House declined to comment, and referred to a FEMA statement earlier this month that said the ventilators had not been used.
New York State paid Yaron Oren-Pines, a Silicon Valley electrical engineer, more than $69 million for ventilators that arrived in the state.
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