Is that why the VA, across the entire health system, has put out a memo that all ventilators that are due for any routine maintenance within the next 90 days are to be done immediately?
Maybe where your wife works is not taking this seriously. But I can assure you, everywhere else is.
Special consideration must be given to people in the VA because their circumstances are a bit different than someone not needing medical attention yet demanding it regardless.
Something can be taken seriously w/o falling into the status quo.