Nepal seeks oxygen cylinders from mountaineers for COVID-19 patients Xinhua | Updated: 2021-05-11 10:28
Patients receive oxygen as they sit on chairs outside the passage of a hospital due to a lack of free beds at the hospital for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients, as the second major coronavirus wave surges in Kathmandu, Nepal, May 10, 2021. [Photo/Agencies]
KATHMANDU - As Nepal is scrambling to find enough oxygen for a swelling number of COVID-19 patients, the Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA) has also taken the initiative to collect oxygen cylinders from mountaineers.
According to the association, around 5,000 oxygen cylinders are being used by mountaineers for climbing the world s tallest Mt Qomolangma and other Himalayan peaks at the moment.
2021-05-11 02:35:36 GMT2021-05-11 10:35:36(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
KATHMANDU, May 11 (Xinhua) As Nepal is scrambling to find enough oxygen for a swelling number of COVID-19 patients, the Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA) has also taken the initiative to collect oxygen cylinders from mountaineers.
According to the association, around 5,000 oxygen cylinders are being used by mountaineers for climbing the world s tallest Mt. Qomolangma and other Himalayan peaks at the moment.
The cylinders with mountaineers are light in weight, portable and can supply oxygen for three to four hours to the climbers at a high altitude, according to expedition organizers.
Office bearers of the NMA said they are holding discussions with expedition organizing companies about the possibility of the mountaineers handing over their cylinders.