KNH suspends surgeries over lack of oxygen - Standard Health : vimarsana.com

Another notice from the Biomedical Engineering department also notes that the nationwide shortage of medical oxygen has affected “all our theatres, ICU and Mbagathi IDU”, but clinicians have been notified that there is medical oxygen available for only two theatres, which will run emergencies in maternity and main theatre.”
Kiambu County has also scaled down elective surgeries in all its hospitals over lack of medical oxygen.
The biggest supplier of medical oxygen, BOC Kenya, has been flooded with demand from health facilities, leading to inadequate supply.
Kireki Omanwa, the Secretary General of the Kenya Obstetrical and Gynecological Society, recalled waiting for 13 hours at KNH for his uncle to get a bed with a medical oxygen point.

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