Coronavirus response: Orange Coast College lends ventilators to Saddleback Memorial

With classes suspended at Orange Coast College, instructors didn’t have much need for three ventilators used in the school’s respiratory care program. Just then, Saddleback Memorial Center in Laguna Hills was looking to borrow them.
The timing was perfect.
The Costa Mesa-based college lent Saddleback Memorial its ventilators, which helps patients breathe when they’re unable to do it on their own.
“The timing worked out,” said Alison Riggio, director of the college&r