Nigeria’s President has approved N6.45bn ($16.9m) plans to set up 38 oxygen plants in sites nationwide to help treat Covid-19 patients as oxygen usage surges in the country amid a second wave of Covid-19 infections.
Widespread media reports suggest that hospitals in the Brazilian city of Manaus have reached ‘breaking point’ in their treatment of growing numbers of Covid-19 patients, as oxygen shortages take hold in the region.
Women’s health organisation Pregna International has launched a new CO2-based cryotherapy device to help fight cervical cancer.
Afrox and Air Liquide have issued separate notices of force majeure to their industrial customers in South Africa as medical grade oxygen usage surges in the country amid a second wave of Covid-19 infections.
The Compressed Gas Association (CGA) and Chart Industries say the industrial gas industry is taking steps to ensure US hospitals do not run out of oxygen.
SYOXSA, Inc. is overcoming challenges to supply hospitals with life-saving oxygen needed to treat coronavirus (Covid-19) patients in the El Paso area of Texas, US.
The European Industrial Gases Association (EIGA) has launched a new free eLearning package on oxygen safety in a bid to increase awareness of the special safety requirements for oxygen and improve safety.
A portable oxygen concentrator that tracks, monitors and automatically adjusts the oxygen level for each patient, improving mobility and quality of life, has won an award.
Protecting the health of its employees whilst ensuring an interrupted supply of medical oxygen to hospitals have been two key priorities for Messer during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Cryoport has inked a three-year deal with the Colorado Center for Reproductive Medicine (CCRM) in which it will supply its temperature-controlled solutions to support CCRM’s fertility treatments.
