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<td>HACKERS and HOSPITALS: How you can help</td>
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<td>Dana Morgenstein, FSF</td>
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<p>Free software activists, as
well as many scientists and
medical
professionals, have long since
realized that proprietary
medical
software and devices are <a
href="https://media.libreplanet.org/u/libreplanet/m/freedom-devices-and-health/"
moz-do-not-send="true">neither
ethical nor adequate to our
needs</a>. The COVID-19
pandemic has illuminated some
of these
shortcomings to a broader
audience -- and also given our
community a
unique opportunity to offer
real, material help at a
difficult
time. We're putting together a
plan to pitch in, and we hope
you'll
join us: keep reading to find
out what you can do!</p>
<p>You may already be aware that
software and hardware
restrictions are
<a
href="https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/wxekgx/hospitals-need-to-repair-ventilators-manufacturers-are-making-that-impossible"
moz-do-not-send="true">actively
hampering</a> the ability of
hospitals to repair
desperately
needed ventilators all over
the world, and how some
Italian volunteers
<a
href="https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/17/21184308/coronavirus-italy-medical-3d-print-valves-treatments"
moz-do-not-send="true">ran
into problems</a> when they
3D printed ventilator valves.
(As you
can see from the link, the
stories vary about exactly
what their
interaction with the
manufacturer was, but it's
clear that the company
refused to release proprietary
design files, forcing the
volunteers to
reverse-engineer the parts.)</p>
<p>Past coverage of the
struggles of free software
activists to free the devices
they use includes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p>Software Freedom
Conservancy executive
director and <a
href="https://www.fsf.org/news/public-lab-and-karen-sandler-are-2017-free-software-awards-winners-1"
moz-do-not-send="true">Free
Software
Award winner</a> <a
href="https://www.fsf.org/working-together/profiles/karen-sandler"
moz-do-not-send="true">Karen
Sandler's</a> efforts to
raise the alarm
about the dangers of
proprietary software in
medical devices,
including her own
pacemaker;</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>The struggles of <a
href="https://media.libreplanet.org/u/libreplanet/m/freedom-devices-and-health/"
moz-do-not-send="true">LibrePlanet
speaker</a> and <a
href="https://openaps.org/"
moz-do-not-send="true">OpenAPS</a>
co-founder Dana Lewis, and
<a
href="https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/04/looping-created-insulin-pump-underground-market/588091/"
moz-do-not-send="true">many
others</a> to help Type
1 diabetics
take control of their
medical treatment using an
Artificial Pancreas
System; and</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>The efforts of <a
href="https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/xwjd4w/im-possibly-alive-because-it-exists-why-sleep-apnea-patients-rely-on-a-cpap-machine-hacker"
moz-do-not-send="true">many
patients and activists</a>
to improve the
effectiveness of their
sleep apnea treatment by
hacking their CPAP
machines.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p>We've also seen how free
software can deliver better
health outcomes
from our friends at <a
href="https://gnuhealth.org"
moz-do-not-send="true">GNU
Health</a> and <a
href="https://libreplanet.org/2020/speakers/#2744"
moz-do-not-send="true">GNU
Health Embedded</a>,
and how the participation of
everyday people in the
scientific process
can help to save the
environment through <a
href="https://www.fsf.org/news/public-lab-and-karen-sandler-are-2017-free-software-awards-winners-1"
moz-do-not-send="true">Free
Software Award winners
Public Lab</a>, and help in
disaster relief through <a
href="https://www.fsf.org/news/social-benefit-award-2006"
moz-do-not-send="true">Free
Software
Award winners Sahana</a>.</p>
<p>So it's clear that the free
software community has a lot
of creativity
and know-how to contribute in
the tough days ahead, and that
with over
845,000 people worldwide
stricken with COVID-19 as of
this writing, we
absolutely need to pitch in if
we can help people to avoid
illness,
and to recover from
coronavirus. <strong>We know
that the 3D printing of
medical equipment is
distinctly <em>not</em> an
advisable hobby for
amateurs,
and that the production of
anything more complex than
cloth masks will
require expert input.</strong>
But we also know that the
outlook is bleak if
supplies run short – and that
shortages are <a
href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/03/18/ventilator-shortage-hospital-icu-coronavirus/"
moz-do-not-send="true">almost
certain</a>.</p>
<p>That's why we're looking into
what we can make with our
in-office
<a href="https://ryf.fsf.org/"
moz-do-not-send="true">Respects
Your Freedom (RYF)-certified</a>
3D printers, and we're
talking to the brand new <a
href="https://covidinnovation.partners.org/"
moz-do-not-send="true">Mass
General Brigham Center for
COVID
Innovation</a> so they can
direct our efforts. We're also
gathering
resources for our "HACKERS and
HOSPITALS" plan at the <a
href="https://libreplanet.org/wiki/HACKERS_and_HOSPITALS"
moz-do-not-send="true">LibrePlanet
wiki page</a>. If you have
expertise, 3D printers, or
supplies to
contribute, please contact
Michael via <a
href="mailto:sysadmin@fsf.org"
moz-do-not-send="true">sysadmin@fsf.org</a>.
If you do
not have the means to produce
medical gear and you still
want to help,
research can be done from
anywhere with only a computer
and an
Internet connection. Add any
projects that are freely
licensed working
towards helping with COVID-19
to the wiki!</p>
<p>We've always believed that
it's of crucial importance to
human freedom
and creativity to allow us to
use all the tools at our
disposal with
no restrictions, and right
now, we may be able to use the
free
software we've built,
preserved, and advocated for
together to save
lives.</p>
<p>Happy and healthy hacking,</p>
<p>Dana Morgenstein<br>
Outreach & Communications
Coordinator</p>
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