The government has moved with speed to put in place measures to ensure steady supply of oxygen in hospitals amid fears of low supplies and increasing demand. According to the Health Ministry, the total production and requirement for the industry was about 410 tonnes as per last year. Another 88 patients are separately on supplementary oxygen, with 76 of them in the general wards and 12 in the high dependency units. Kenya has at least 70 oxygen plants, most of them not working. There is a plan to standardise the oxygen plants after it emerged that some do not even have spare parts despite efforts to ensure they become operational as soon as possible.

Source: The Star March 29, 2021 15:22 UTC