As India struggles with oxygen, Ireland sends supplies
Updated / Monday, 26 Apr 2021
20:15
The devices draw oxygen from the air and deliver it to the patient at over 90% concentration.
Crematoriums are working around the clock as over 2,800 deaths were reported there in the last 24 hours, bringing the country s cumulative death toll to over 195,000.
Ireland s donation is being made from stocks originally purchased by the HSE in Ireland for use in a field hospital setting, as part of pandemic preparations here.
Cylinders waiting to be refilling with medical oxygen, New Delhi (Getty Images)
Whilst oxygen cylinders can run out and need to be refilled, an oxygen concentrator can provide a continuous flow of oxygen that does not run out.
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