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France Extends Medical Oxygen Aid To India As Hospitals Stretch Under Virulent COVID Hit
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, and the EU also pledged support to India in such dire times, expressing solidarity with India.
To help the country emerge out of its COVID-19 crisis, France will provide India assistance to boost its oxygen capacity in days ahead and will also dispatch essential hospital equipments, including oxygen respirators, the French presidency said Sunday. According to the office of the French President Emmanuel Macron, France is working on drafting a plan to effectively deliver oxygen respiratory equipments to India to tackle the shortage. French gas giant Air Liquide SA had also earlier diverted Oxygen shipment for industrial clients in India to the hospitals, while it will import additional supplies from the Middle East, Executive Vice-President Francois Jackow told a presser Friday.“The situation in India is beco
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Paris: French gas giant Air Liquide SA is diverting oxygen supplies for industrial clients in India to hospitals as the country is overwhelmed by a surge in COVID-19 patients.
Air Liquide is sending most of its liquid oxygen output to the health-care sector and is looking to import additional supplies from the Middle East, Executive Vice-President Francois Jackow said Friday. Demand for medical oxygen in India has soared roughly 10-fold, or by more than 50 per cent of the country’s total production capacity, he said.
“The situation in India is becoming more and more dramatic,” Jackow said when presenting Air Liquide’s first-quarter results. “The crisis is picking up.”
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