PUBLIC HOSPITALS: Oxygen supply under strain
Supply of liquid oxygen to public hospitals has been under strain as a production plant of a key supplier remains out of service for nearly two weeks. The supplier, Linde Bangladesh Limited, a multinational company, is now bringing in the life-saving oxygen from India using tankers and delivering it to the hospitals on a temporary basis. It happened at a time when Covid-19 deaths are on the rise in this winter. Linde Bangladesh provides the government hospitals with 90 percent of their daily demand for 100 tonnes of liquid oxygen, which is essential to ensure uninterrupted oxygen supply. Bu...
Source: thedailystar.net