FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA
Juan Legaspi-Lozano, 90, is a patient inside the COVID-19 unit at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center on Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020, in Mission Hills, California. (Francine Orr/Los Angeles Times/TNS)
Covid-19 leaves many California hospitals running low on oxygen
LOS ANGELES Can California address the shortage of life-saving oxygen at some hospitals overwhelmed by coronavirus cases?
The demand for oxygen has skyrocketed, as critically ill Covid-19 patients often need high rates of oxygen flowing into their lungs to keep them alive, helping them to overcome a perilous moment when their lungs are inflamed and their oxygen levels in the body become dangerously low.