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Government-run medical facilities in Tanahun are highly likely to face a shortage of medical oxygen very soon. Three district-based government hospitals which provide treatment for Covid-19 have just 67 cylinders of oxygen in their stocks when Covid-19 infection is flaring up across the country.
It seems that authorities concerned here are not worried about the potential shortage of medical oxygen which is vital to treat Covid-cases primarily the serious one. Local governments are apparently not serious towards the management of life-saving when the pandemic-caused health crisis is likely to further deepen.
The Belchautara-based GP Koirala National Center for Respiratory Diseases in Shukalagandaki municipality-5 has said it has 32 oxygen cylinders in the stock followed by 27 in the Damauli Hospital and five in the Bandipur Hospital. Damauli Hospital medical superintendent Dr Sunil Poudel said the hospital apprised the District Covid Crisis Management Center’s meeting about the situation, but it seemed that it was not the concern of any local governments.
As he said, the stock of oxygen cylinders is just sufficient to address the need for a week. “But if the number of Covid-19 patients with breathing difficulty goes up, it will be hard to provide them oxygen therapy on time. It means that the patients requiring oxygen support are much likely to be deprived of timely care.’’
Dr Poudel wants the local governments be serious about the gravity of the ongoing crisis and ensure the sufficient stock of the cylinders for the future purposes.
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