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A team of four, assisted by three interns, are ensuring that two Western Cape hospitals keep up with demand for oxygen.
In December 2020, Montagu Hospital used 4 036 of these cylinders, while Robertson Hospital used 5 145.
The Western Cape has the second highest number of deaths due to Covid-19 - sitting at 10 380, with the Eastern Cape at 10 781.
A small, but dedicated team of four maintenance workers and three interns at the Western Cape health department, is punching above its weight, ensuring that two busy public hospitals never run out of oxygen tank cylinders for Covid-19 patients.
Before Covid-19, the Western Cape health department s maintenance team in the Langeberg area, mainly assisted clinics and the two hospitals with repairs, servicing equipment and coordinating the availability of medical oxygen cylinders.