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Covid-19: Shortage of oxygen worsens
Thursday December 10 2020
Mulago Hospital commissioner of health services and infrastructure George Otim guides journalists during an inspection of the oxygen plant at Mulago Hospital on December 1. PHOTO/ DAVID LUBOWA
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A source at Mulago National Referral Hospital has revealed that the facility is facing a crisis of oxygen supply for patients in Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
The Covid-19 pandemic has escalated the oxygen shortage in the country with numbers of infections rising and patients admitted to ICU overwhelming the health facilities.
The government and health officials have blamed this surge largely on public laxity in observing the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to stop the spread of Covid-19.