On January 5th, local time, Nigerian President Buhari has approved the establishment of at least one oxygen plant in each of the 36 states in Nepal, and approved the restoration of five oxygen plants in the federal capital region’s three-level health institutions.
With the spread of the “second wave” of the epidemic since December, the number of new confirmed cases in Nigeria has surged, while the number of severe patients has also increased significantly.
The demand for oxygen has increased greatly, resulting in a shortage of oxygen supply in some medical institutions. Some families of patients who have died of the novel coronavirus complain that patients are not being better treated because of the lack of oxygen. And die.
According to local media reports, Ekler, the head of the Teaching Hospital of the University of Abuja, said that the isolation treatment center of the hospital is a relatively well-equipped level 3 center with a total of 30 beds.
Most of the patients are referred from other institutions. 90% of the patients recently referred patients are severe patients, and the center can only be The production of 10 oxygen cylinders can no longer meet the needs of patients.
