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By Pablo Uchoa
image captionShortages of oxygen hit the Brazilian city of Manaus amid a sharp rise of Covid-19 cases
Before the clinic ran out of oxygen, Maria Auxiliadora da Cruz had been showing encouraging signs of progress against Covid-19. On 14 January, her oxygen levels had been above the normal level of 95% but, within hours of being deprived of that vital resource, her stats plummeted to 35%.
At this point, patients would normally be given intubation and oxygen by machine. Instead, the 67-year-old retired nurse died. It was horrible, her grieving daughter-in-law Thalita Rocha told the BBC. It was a catastrophe. Many elderly patients began to deteriorate and turn blue.