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Only recently completed basic military training. david campanale, bbc news. aid agencies have begun distributing a strawberry—flavoured tablet for children living with hiv in six african countries. the global health agency unitaid says one hundred thousand packs of the anti retro viral drug are to be given to children in nigeria, malawi, uganda, kenya, zimbabwe and benin. by manufacturing a strawberry flavour pill health experts hope they will overcome the problem of children failing to take t...

State governments feuded over oxygen and seized tankers, creating bottlenecks and delays. Delhi city officials didn’t build systems to produce or store oxygen and struggled to allocate dwindling supplies. When tight supplies and government missteps led oxygen to run out at Jaipur Golden, some families said the hospital offered no warning. Without a comprehensive coronavirus plan, Modi’s government has left much of the burden to states, cities, hospitals and even individuals. The oxygen cris...

At 9.45pm, alarms blared across the intensive care unit of Jaipur Golden Hospital. Over two dozen patients on ventilators couldn’t breathe. Some flailed their arms and legs. Others cried for help, choking sounds coming from their throats as if they were being strangled. Mechanics sprinted to the maintenance room to see what was wrong. Nurses grabbed small plastic pumps to fill the lungs of critically ill patients by hand. Advertisement It wasn’t enough. Jaipur Golden, a respected hospital i...

June 28, 2021 NEW DELHI — At 9:45 p.m., alarms blared across the intensive care unit of Jaipur Golden Hospital. Over two dozen patients on ventilators couldn’t breathe. Some flailed their arms and legs. Others cried for help, choking sounds coming from their throats as if they were being strangled. Mechanics sprinted to the maintenance room to see what was wrong. Nurses grabbed small plastic pumps to fill the lungs of critically ill patients by hand. It wasn’t enough. Jaipur Golden, a res...

Health experts fear that many of the world’s nations are on the brink of an oxygen crisis similar to the devastating situation in India.

“The mood is extremely grim,” says Dr Fyezah Jehan, a doctor in Karachi. “I think we are very scared of an India-like situation. We’re hoping that some magic happens, and this [current] lockdown can prevent a new onslaught of cases.” A lorry is loaded with oxygen cylinders to supply private hospitals in Karachi, Pakistan. Photograph: Fareed Khan/AP “Rapidly rising need for oxygen puts pressure on the health system, which it can’t meet, and we see patient death...

  >>Richard Pérez-Peña, The New York Times  Published: 09 May 2021 12:09 PM BdST Updated: 09 May 2021 12:09 PM BdST An employee refills oxygen tanks as a free service provided by the government in Iztapalapa, Mexico City, on Feb. 4, 2021. In the last two months, the unmet, global need for medical oxygen has more than tripled. The New York Times The latest horror of the pandemic is that large numbers of people around the world are dying for lack of access to medical oxygen, especially in I...

Shortages have struck hospitals around the world due to unequal distribution, but experts say there is a way to close the gap.

The latest horror of the pandemic is that large numbers of people around the world are dying for lack of access to medical oxygen, especially in India. Each day, tens of thousands of people are admitted to hospitals with Covid-19, driving the demand for the oxygen far beyond the supply. Oxygen makes up 21 percent of the atmosphere. A handful of companies capture and purify it in bulk, but they sell most of it to industry. Many poorer parts of the world lack the infrastructure needed to deliver ...

New guidance from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on the procurement of radiotherapy equipment...