The report said medical oxygen cost as high as N30,000 daily per patient. It added that the majority of patients can ill afford the cost and that it is worse for those who have extended stay in hospital for up two to three weeks. Such patients are in addition made to pay other hospital charges. With the economy of the country only very few persons can afford it. Thousands of those who cannot are, therefore, left to their fate. Agency report a few months ago also said demand for cylinders in Lagos went from around 70 per day early last year to as high as 500 daily from November.