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\u201cThe GeVentor project demonstrates Community Bank purpose in action, for the benefit of many communities,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur funding is helping to build capacity, strength and resilience in Australia\u2019s health care network, bringing the possibility of improving lives in remote communities around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n
Gekko Systems chair Elizabeth Lewis-Gray added, \u201cwithout the Buninyong Community Bank\u2019s pledging their support early and driving the project forward in the conceptual phase we would never be where we are now.\u201d<\/p>\n
With production having commenced, Gekko Medical aims to have the GeVentor available and ready for use in hospitals around the state within five weeks.<\/p>\n
While the GeVentor was a clear success, Mr Gray said it won\u2019t be the team\u2019s only project and that he\u2019s excited to continue working with the medical industry on future initiatives.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve got a fantastic connection to the medical system here in Ballarat and they are already thinking of things that they would like us to do to help them out,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe believe that increasing our ability to manufacture in Ballarat is fantastic because we can employ more people and continue to develop advanced manufacturing skills.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve got a fantastic connection into a strong medical system and I see Ballarat has an opportunity here to do something really exciting here as a community.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
WHILE many of us spent the first COVID-19 lockdown playing board games and cooking sourdough, one Ballarat innovator spent his time re-designing ventilators. Director of Gekko Medical and the technical director of Gekko Systems Sandy Gray said he received a call from the Committee of Ballarat asking if he would be interested in designing new […]<\/p>\n