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.
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.
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Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said Wednesday s death toll was equivalent to the total number of homicides the city experienced all of last year
Hospitals have begun rationing care and refrigerated trucks are being used to store corpses as morgues become overwhelmed
In a new travel advisory from the government, Californias have been asked not travel more than 120 miles from home unless essential
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