Living with oxygen: 5 things to remember Susanta Deb, former secretary-general of the All India Industrial Gas Manufacturers’ Association, who has been on oxygen support for over a decade, explains the dos and don’ts advertisement UPDATED: May 25, 2021 16:16 IST Susanta Deb, former secretary-general of the All India Industrial Gas Manufacturers’ Association, who has been on oxygen support for over a decade I have been on oxygen support since 2007. It was the pollution in Delhi which got to my lungs. I was hospitalised and put on a ventilator but gradually recovered. Since then, I have been on oxygen at home. You could call this a twist of fate because I had worked for over three decades to develop the oxygen and gases industry in India. In 2015, I switched from using a Continuous Positive Air Pressure or CPAP machine to a Bilevel Positive Airway Pressure or BiPAP machine and also use Oxygen 24x7. This has constrained my activities, though getting oxygen cylinders was never a problem for me, not only in Delhi NCR, but in any other place in India where I travel. I use a bedside oxygen concentrator at home, and a Portable Oxygen Concentrator (POC) for travelling. One can lead a near-normal life, as I have been doing for the past six years.